Notre Dame’s head coaching vacancy was not open long. Just 48 hours after news broke that Brian Kelly was running away from the challenge of taking Notre Dame the final step, news broke that the Irish will promote defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman to head coach. Notre Dame acted swiftly in replacing Kelly, but they also made the right choice in tabbing their first-year defensive coordinator to take over the program.
Notre Dame is on the doorsteps of being a championship team. They’ve been to the playoffs twice in three years and very well could add a third trip in four years on Sunday.