Coaching Staff
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Notre Dame Adds Marcus Freeman’s ‘Best Friend’ James Laurinaitis to Staff
There have been only three days in 2022, and it’s already been quite eventful for the Notre Dame program. The year started as a disaster on the field for the…
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Notre Dame Future Looks Bright with Retention of Director of Football Performance Matt Balis
On November the 29th, when Notre Dame Vice-President and Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick was first made aware that long-time and winningest Notre Dame Football Head Coach Brian Kelly would be…
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Notre Dame Head Coaching Search Reportedly Included 3 External Candidates
According to SI’s Pat Forde, Jack Swarbrick’s swift but thorough coaching search last week that no one ever imagined he would have to conduct reportedly included at least three external…
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Marcus Freeman: New Notre Dame HC Nailed Opening Presser by Being Himself
Notre Dame officially introduced Marcus Freeman as its new head football coach on Monday afternoon, and just as he’s won over the Notre Dame players over the last eleven months,…
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Watch New Notre Dame Head Coach Marcus Freeman’s Intro Press Conference Today
Notre Dame will officially introduce Marcus Freeman as the new head coach of the Fighting Irish on Monday at 2:00 PM ET. The press conference will be broadcast live on…
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How Brian Kelly Convincing Marcus Freeman Notre Dame Is Better than LSU Reshaped the Program
A little less than a year ago, Notre Dame and LSU were locked in a head recruiting battle, but it wasn’t for a cornerback or wide receiver or even a…
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Taylor, Mickens, McNulty, O’Leary All Reportedly Staying at Notre Dame on Freeman’s Staff
At this point, we should probably start talking about who ISN’T staying at Notre Dame under new head coach Marcus Freeman because in addition to Tommy Rees and Mike Elston,…
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Mike Elston Staying at Notre Dame Reportedly as Defensive Coordinator
One by one, Brian Kelly’s old assistant coaches are staying at Notre Dame instead of following their old boss to LSU. Defensive line coach Mike Elston reportedly ss the latest…
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Tommy Rees Spurns Brian Kelly and LSU to Stay at Notre Dame
Brian Kelly attempted to lure Marcus Freeman and Tommy Rees with him to LSU when he left Notre Dame abruptly on Monday night. Both have rejected their old boss’s offers,…
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Notre Dame Gets it Right: Irish To Make Marcus Freeman Next Head Coach
Notre Dame’s head coaching vacancy was not open long. Just 48 hours after news broke that Brian Kelly was running away from the challenge of taking Notre Dame the final…
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Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick Meeting with Marcus Freeman Today
The Notre Dame head coaching search is heating up today with reports that Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick is meeting with Marcus Freeman instead of being in Dallas to meet…
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Notre Dame Football Coaching Searches Tend to Be Crazy
No one thought Notre Dame football would be going through a coaching change this off-season though Jack Swarbrick claims he isn’t surprised Brian Kelly left. Now that we are, though,…
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Sandbagging or Unprepared? Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick Doesn’t Give Many Answers
Was Notre Dame Athletic Jack Swarbrick sandbagging everyone this morning because he’s further along in replacing Brian Kelly than he wants to let on to, or did we see an…
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Brian Kelly Reportedly Abandoning Notre Dame for LSU
There are shocking news stories in sports, and then there are stories that hit you like a Mack truck out of nowhere. Tonight qualifies as the latter. According to several…
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Notre Dame OC Tommy Rees Named Broyles Award Nominee, Freeman Snubbed
One of Notre Dame’s coordinators is a nominee for the Broyles Award, and surprisingly it’s not defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman. Instead, it’s offensive coordinator Tommy Rees. Freeman was a finalist…
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Notre Dame TE Coach Trolls North Carolina About Kyren Williams Long TD
Notre Dame TE coach John McNulty doesn’t get to talk to the media often, but maybe he should because it might be pretty entertaining. McNulty took to Twitter following Notre…
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NFL Rosters Confirm Notre Dame Football’s Mike Elston is a Boss
Normally when you sign five defensive ends in a single class, you’re hoping that two or three of them really hit. You figured one, maybe two, ultimately transfer for more…
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Notre Dame Football’s Jeff Quinn Named One of Nation’s Top Recruiters
With the class of 2021 officially in the books for every program in the nation, Rivals released their yearly list of the top recruiters in the country. One Notre Dame…
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Notre Dame Makes Statement Hiring Marcus Freeman Under LSU’s Nose
For Notre Dame to take the next step in becoming an elite program, we know that the Irish have to start winning more recruiting battles with elite programs. On Friday…
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Notre Dame DC Clark Lea Expected to be Named Vandy HC, Finish Out Season
When you are the architect of the defense that shut down three of the most explosive running backs in the country this year on a 10-0 team that looks like…
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Notre Dame’s Clark Lea Likely To Get Attention from More than Vanderbilt
The 2020 season has been the ultimate introduction of Notre Dame’s stars to the rest of the country. Ian Book is being recognized as a winner after criticism all last…
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Notre Dame’s Brian Kelly Was Right, Everyone Else Was Wrong
Following the disaster that was the 2016 season, Brian Kelly has had to make a lot of bets. Beyond how awful that season was, even if the record was flipped…
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Notre Dame Was Wise to Extend Brian Kelly Now
Tucked into the broadcast of Notre Dame’s week one victory over Duke was the announcement that Notre Dame extended Brian Kelly’s contract through 2024. It was a rather unceremonious announcement…
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Notre Dame’s Brian Kelly Ranked One of Best CFB Hires in Last 25 Years
Brian Kelly is a polarizing figure among the Notre Dame fan base. Some love him for taking Notre Dame out of the doldrums of twenty years of mediocrity. Others can’t…
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Don’t Tell Brian Kelly the Notre Dame Offensive Line Needs to Improve
Brian Kelly talked to the media yesterday after the first day of spring football for 2020 about a variety of topics, but one of the few times an otherwise jovial…
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