Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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Under the Dome Five Questions With … Director Of Football Administration Beth Rex Beth Rex met Brian Kelly while working as an Blue & Gold Illustrated: What do you do to help athletic trainer at the University of Cincinnati. In Paqui Kelly's (Brian's wife) Football 101 fundraiser 2008, she took over as Kelly's front office aide and for breast cancer awareness? then came with him to Notre Rex: "I would say I take care Dame a year later. She works of all the logistics. I organize the closely with Kelly to coordinate evening and make sure we have his schedule and plan several the manpower to have the place Irish football events. set up and the volunteers. It's an Before switching gears, Rex event I love doing. worked as an athletic trainer "It's hard to not enjoy coming for more than a decade. She out for this because we gear it as sat down with Blue & Gold Ilgirls' night out or a ladies' night lustrated recently to talk about out. Whether your knowledge is her role with the football team. Rex worked as an athletic trainer hardly any football knowledge for more than a decade prior to or very knowledgeable, I feel Blue & Gold Illustrated: taking over as head coach Brian like the event is so successful What's a typical day, if such a Kelly's front office aide. because it's a unique look at our thing exists, in your job? photo courtesy program where our coaches and notre dame media relations players are involved." Rex: "I would say it depends on the season. People probably think I'm pretty busy this time of the year, but my season actually Blue & Gold Illustrated: How has Kelly changed gets busy when they're not practicing and playing. since coming to Notre Dame in 2010? "I joke with him and say he doesn't let me call Rex: "I don't think that he's changed. I really the plays, so I don't get to do a lot with football don't. My relationship definitely has not. The same itself. But when he's recruiting or when he's speak- person I started working for is the same person I ing, that's really my busy time." started working for now." ▼ Blue & Gold Illustrated: How is the work you do at Notre Dame different than what you did at Cincinnati? Rex: "He was busy when he was at Cincinnati. It's different here in that he is not regional or local. We are coast to coast and we see the value of being coast to coast. "Where when in Cincinnati he might've been going up to Dayton to speak at a clinic, here we go out to California to speak to an alumni club." Blue & Gold Illustrated: What are some of Kelly's quirks that the average fan might not know about? Rex: "I think people would find it interesting during the work week during the season as the week goes on he becomes more relaxed. I think we actually joke around more on Fridays and Saturday than on Sundays and Mondays. "It's interesting because I think it's the opposite for the rest of the coaches." — Dan Murphy Click here to listen to Blue & Gold Illustrated's complete interview with Rex.