In the history of the Notre Dame football program, there have only been four head coaches who have lasted longer than nine seasons. This fall, Brian Kelly will become the fifth.
Near the end of the 2017 season, the average tenure of a FBS head coach in was 3.8 years. At that time, only 14 of the 130 head coaches in FBS had held their position for longer than nine years.
With three years remaining on his current contract, Brian Kelly is poised to more than triple the national average for coaching tenure in the FBS.