The Notre Dame Fighting Irish may not have achieved their goal of getting to the College Football Playoff for the 2015 season, but they already have their biggest win for 2016. And that's keeping head coach Brian Kelly around for another six years.
Or, at the very least, that's the extension Notre Dame and Kelly agreed to, via a Friday announcement on the team's official website. The new deal takes Kelly through 2021. Athletic director Jack Swarbrick said in a statement that Kelly, who took the Irish to the BCS National Championship in 2012-13, embodies everything the school wants in a coach:
In the classroom, in the community and on the playing field, Brian has built the foundation of a great Notre Dame football program—one that reflects this University's values and its unique relationship to the game of football.