the attitude of the head coach will be permeated through the players," Weis said upon his introduction.
"And I hate to include the nasty, but that is part of being a winning football team.
"… It comes down to X's and O's. To be honest with you, when it gets to that point, I think that's when
we have the greatest advantage. … If it comes down to everything being open and it's X's and O's, I have
to believe we're going to win most of the time."
5 Years Ago: Dec. 10, 2009
Named the consensus 2009 National Coach of the Year while leading the University of Cincinnati to a
12-0 record and a missed Texas field goal away from playing Alabama for the national title, Brian Kelly is
named the new Notre Dame head football coach. He replaces Charlie Weis, who was fired 10 days earlier
with a 35-27 career record.
"There is a football coach, and then there's the football coach at Notre Dame, because nobody, nobody
does it like Notre Dame," Kelly said at his introductory press conference. "… That is the mission of Notre
Dame, excellence in academics and athletics, and I wanted that challenge, and I'm excited about that
challenge, that you can do it both in the classroom and be prominent in the athletic arena, as well."
— Lou Somogyi
UNDER THE DOME
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