Marcus Freeman has officially been Notre Dame’s head football coach for 10 days and already seen a ton. The whirlwind that was going from defensive coordinator to head coach and essentially the circus that came with it, an introductory press conference that looked more like a coronation, recruiting trips to seemingly every corner of the United States, and two of the best to ever do it for the Fighting Irish declaring for the NFL draft all occurred for Freeman in under two weeks.
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We all saw and raved about Freeman’s first press conference as Notre Dame’s head coach, so how did his second one go?
Freeman spoke Sunday following practice and ahead of the Fiesta Bowl on January 1. Here are some of the key things he had to say: