Former Notre Dame coach joins CFP selection committee

A former Notre Dame head football coach and The Sporting News “Sportsperson of the Year” has a new gig for 2021.

Former Stanford, Notre Dame, and Washington head football coach Tyrone Willingham will have a say on what teams make the College Football Playoff in 2021 as he has rejoined the CFP committee.

Willingham will serve a one-year term in place of former Texas A&M coach R.C. Slocum, who is stepping down for health reasons after the previous two seasons.

Willingham went 21-15 as Notre Dame’s head coach from 2002-2004 and previously served on the committee from 2014-17.

Here is to hoping Willingham is able to actually watch some of the college football he’s evaluating this year with the busy golf schedule he’s been known to have.

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