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$35 million gift from Richard Corbett helps endow head coaching position

Brian Kelly is now the Corbett Family Head Football Coach. That comes after alumnus Richard Corbett gifted Notre Dame $35 million, including $10 million that’ll serve as an endowment of the head football coaching position.

The majority of Corbett’s gift—$25 million—will go to underwrite the construction of the 280,000-square-foot building that’ll be along the east side of Notre Dame Stadium. The Corbett Family Hall will house the Anthropology and Psychology Departments, along with a digital media center.

“For many generations of Notre Dame faculty and students to come, Corbett Family Hall will represent a full integration of teaching, research and advanced technology on our campus,” Notre Dame president Rev.