Ja'Juan Seider, the former Penn State running backs coach who left for Notre Dame, says his time with the Nittany Lions was "nothing short of incredible."

Ja’Juan Seider, Penn State’s longtime running backs coach, is off to Notre Dame — but not without saying good-bye to the Nittany Lions and Happy Valley.

Notre Dame has hired running backs coach Ja’Juan Seider away from Penn State to do the same job for the Irish, coach Marcus Freeman announced.

Penn State's former running backs coach joins Marcus Freeman's staff. Stan Drayton replaced Seider with the Nittany Lions.

Penn State assistant head football coach Ja’Juan Seider, who has developed Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen, is leaving to become running backs coach at Notre Dame, a source confirmed Sunday to the Reading Eagle.

Seider heads to the Irish after serving as Penn State’s running backs coach, assistant head coach and co-offensive coordinator.

After seven years at Penn State, Ja'Juan Seider is offcially the running backs coach and associate head coach at Notre Dame.

Ja’Juan Seider, the team’s running backs coach since 2018, is leaving to take the same position at Notre Dame, a source with knowledge of the situation told the Centre Daily Times.

Notre Dame has hired running backs coach Ja'Juan Seider away from Penn State to do the same job for the Irish, coach Marcus Freeman announced Tuesday.

Ja'Juan Seider, who spent seven seasons with the Nittany Lions, also held the titles of assistant head coach and co-offensive coordinator at Penn State.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — In the days after the Orange Bowl, Penn State’s players gathered on campus for a team meeting. At that point in January, they found out defensive coordinator Tom Allen was leaving for Clemson and that James Franklin would do his part to hire the best candidate he could. The team’s season had just ended three days prior.