SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Brian Kelly is entering his sixth season as Notre Dame coach, just the seventh in the program's long and storied history to make it that far.
That doesn't mean the 53-year-old coach is feeling anywhere near settled, not with a 45-20 record at Notre Dame and the Fighting Irish not yet back among college football's elite — their 2012 run to the national title game notwithstanding. He is confident the Irish have more talent this year than that squad three years ago, but he isn't quite comfortable.
"I don't know if you ever get comfortable in the seat at Notre Dame.