Tag: Marist Red Hawks

Freeman still on the road, this time visiting a Chicago powerhouse

The Irish head coach has been getting his frequent flyer miles in

New Irish head coach Marcus Freeman is logging is air mileage this week. Yesterday he was on the east coast and today Notre Dame’s brand new coach was in Chicago as he visited Marist High School.

As a former scout in this area, I know that Marist has a very exceptional program. Each year they send at least one player to compete at the Power-5 level, Notre Dame signing offensive lineman Pat Coogan in the 2021 class.

As for the future, it is unknown who Freeman was there to impress, but surely the Marist coaching staff has given him a hint as to who will be the new up-and-coming Red Hawk that has Power-5 potential.

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See: Notre Dame ‘21 commit Pat Coogan maul defender

Up close and personal, Pat Coogan is a bad man

I had to pleasure to going out to Notre Dame yesterday, the College Prep school in Niles, Illinois to see the Don’s host the Marist Red Hawks. One of the best players on the field yesterday was Notre Dame commit Pat Coogan. The Red Hawks easily took care of the Don’s in the opener for both teams, 34-13.

It was a great performance for the Red Hawk’s as the offense led the way. Their quarterback Dontrell Jackson, a Coastal Carolina commit, was untouched all evening in part due to plays like this from Coogan:

The left guard was spectacular last night, finishing plays like this one and even getting reps as the teams long-snapper. Coogan showed the high level talent that the Notre Dame coaching staff saw when they originally offered him.

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In an interview with him earlier in the year, Coogan told he was would play his final year then head out to South Bend. That was bad news for opposing high school players.