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3 4 5 UNDER THE DOME BY THE NUMBERS 2012 season. Linebacker Anthony McDonald will reunite with quarterback Dayne Crist — the two also were high school teammates — and tight end Mike Ragone, who was approved for a sixth season by the NCAA. All are eli- gible this year after completing their Notre Dame undergraduate degrees. Former Notre Dame football players who will now join former Irish head coach Charlie Weis (2005-09) at the University of Kansas for the assistants or head coaches at Notre Dame. Ohio State with Urban Meyer (1996-2000), Louisville with Charlie Strong (1995-98), Kentucky with Joe "Joker" Phillips (2001) and Kansas with Charlie Weis (2005-09). level, with Jonathan Tsipis hired this April by George Washington University. The other four are Beth (Morgan) Cun- ningham (VCU), Bill Fennelly (Iowa State), Kevin McGuff (Washington, after Xavier) and Coquese Washington (Penn State). A sixth, Sandy Botham, stepped down at Wisconsin-Milwaukee this spring to head up the school's alumni rela- tions after setting a Horizon League re- cord for most ca- reer conference victories. Tsipis also hired for- mer Notre Dame point guard Megan Duffy (2002-06) as an assistant. Cun- ningham, Notre Dame's all-time leading scorer, has been interviewed by Irish head coach Muffet McGraw to replace Tsipis. Former Notre Dame women's basketball assistants who hold head coaching jobs at the major college 6 Notre Dame within a span of 90 hours after its March 24 Junior Day on campus. That has now unofficially taken over as Notre Dame's top recruiting week. The six were offensive tack- les Hunter Bivin and Colin McGovern (March 24), another offensive tackle in Mike McGlinchey and quarterback Malik Zaire (March 25), athlete/cornerback Rashad Kinlaw (March 26) and wide receiver Corey Robinson (March 27). Through April 24, Notre Dame already had 11 verbal commitments in the 2013 recruiting class. Verbal commi t- ments landed by www.BLUEANDGOLD.com All four schools in the men's basketball Final Four this season have head football coaches who were either Floyd was projected to be the fifth overall first-round pick from Notre Dame in the 18 drafts from 1995-2012. The other four were defensive end Renaldo Wynn (21st in 1997), offensive tackle Luke Petitgout (19th in 1999), center Jeff Faine (21st in 2003) and quarterback Brady Quinn (22nd in 2007). 7 46 NFL first-round picks Notre Dame had after the 1992 (four) and 1993 football seasons (three) while going 21-2-1 (see "Gimme Five" on page 13 on who they were). Wide receiver Michael ers reliever John Axford (2002-05) through April 22, the fifth most in Major League Baseball history. In fourth place is current Washington Nationals' relief pitcher Brad Lidge, who pitched at Notre Dame from 1996-98, with 47. Consecutive saves recorded by former Notre Dame pitcher and current Milwaukee Brew- 73 League Baseball when outfielder A.J. Pollock made his debut with the Arizona Diamondbacks on April 18. Although Notre Dame is not renowned as a "baseball school," it ranks in the top 10 for major league Former Notre Dame players who have played in Major players produced: USC (103), Texas (101), Ari- zona State (99), Stanford (83), Holy Cross and Michigan (77 apiece), Notre Dame (73), Arizona and Illinois (69 each), and UCLA (68). quarterback Blair Kiel's (page 8) touchdown run off a fake punt during his freshman year in a 20-3 victory at Arizona. Technically, it might not be considered the longest run ever by a quarterback at Notre Dame because it came from a fourth- down punt formation. The longest runs from the quarterback position are Bill Etter's 79-yard touchdown run versus Navy in 1969, and Andrew Hendrix's 78-yard scamper against Air Force last year. 80 Yards on the late past three years with 2012 first-team All-American point guard Skylar Diggins, highlighted by back-to-back national title game appearances in 2011 and 2012. As Notre Dame's head football coach from 1964-74, Ara Parseghian posted a virtually identical 95-17-4 record. 95-17 The Notre Dame women's basketball team's record the MAY 2012 9 PHOTO BY JOE RAYMOND