The first domino to fall in Notre Dame’s head coaching search went down Wednesday night as offensive coordinator Tommy Rees did his best impression of “The Wolf of Wall Street” and declared he was coming back.
Seemingly no time later reports that Marcus Freeman would be the next Notre Dame head coach came out. On Friday morning Notre Dame made it official as they announced Freeman as the 30th head football coach in program history.
Freeman spent one year as Notre Dame’s defensive coordinator while previously spending time at Cincinnati, Purdue, and Kent State. The former Ohio State linebacker also served as a graduate assistant for the Buckeyes under Jim Tressel.
Freeman is a rising star in the coaching ranks and is a star recruiter. The biggest concern upon is his lack of head coaching experience and that’s something that makes me uneasy as well, but him taking this job now, especially with the strong assistant coaches who have opted to return to Notre Dame instead of follow Brian Kelly to LSU.
Freeman’s introductory press conference will come at 2 p.m. ET on Monday.
Stay tuned to Fighting Irish Wire for everything related to the Freeman hire!
Related Links:
Twitter reaction to Notre Dame’s hiring of Marcus Freeman
5 reasons Marcus Freeman is the right man for the Notre Dame job
Photos: New Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman through the years