There has been a lot of shuffling in college football’s head coaching offices already this fall as 14 head coaches have been fired or resigned since the start of the season. That number will certainly grow as plenty remain on the hot seat late in the year, and eventually some up-and-comers will leave head posts for bigger jobs and will leave vacancies behind.
One place there will not be an opening for a head coaching position this off-season is at Notre Dame. You laugh (so did I, honestly) but someone felt the need to release that information as if it was some kind of breaking news over the past few days.
Brian Kelly will be returning as Notre Dame's coach quashing any speculation the big boys with openings were going to snatch him.
— Dennis Dodd (@dennisdoddcbs) November 19, 2021
Other news to report at this time includes water remaining wet, the sky being blue, and Thanksgiving being the best holiday of the year.
And yes, I saw the “big boys” comment and will choose to ignore it, simply saying Kelly has headed one just five programs to appear in the College Football Playoff more than once.
(Kirby Smart will be making this six in two weeks)
There are certainly some prime openings and even if recruiting may be slightly easier at some of the programs that have openings, did anyone actually think Brian Kelly would be interested in leaving Notre Dame, where he’s spent the last 12 years and turned a major corner in recent years, to go rebuild a program elsewhere?
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I just hope Kelly was able to milk a little more money for his assistants with any of the silliness that may have come from this.
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