The Notre Dame Fighting Irish almost never were - with a much more boring nickname being given to the famous football team at ...

Marcus Freeman or James Franklin will become the first Black head coach to make an FBS national championship game. This is an ...

Tyrone Willingham won it in 2002. In just his third season at Notre Dame coach Freeman has led the Irish to a 13-1 record and a birth in the College Football Playoff semi-finals against Penn State.

Notre Dame football is steeped in nostalgia ... didn’t last much longer and were fired after disappointing tenures. Tyrone Willingham, who replaced Davie in 2002, was also fired.

If that wasn’t enough, Freeman has been announced as a finalist for the Bear Bryant Award, another coach of the year award.

Former Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o recently shared high praise for Marcus Freeman, the current coach of the Fighting Irish.

Four of the five Notre Dame coaches who have won national titles did so in their third seasons. Marcus Freeman, now in his ...

Penn State's James Franklin and Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman have broken ground as the first Black head coaches to lead teams ...

Penn State football is headed to the semifinals of the College Football Playoff and will face Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl.