Coach Willingham Never Doubted Notre Dame
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Tyrone Willingham never showed a trace of doubt. Not following last season's 5-7 finish by Notre Dame. Not after a deflating season-opening loss to Brigham Young. Not when the Fighting Irish trailed 9-0 at halftime to Michigan on Saturday.
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The Notre Dame message boards are no longer discussing whether Tyrone Willingham should be fired. Theyâre already arguing about whether the next coach should be Barry Alvarez or Steve Spurrier.
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Three seasons after hiring Tyrone Willingham as head coach of the football program, the powers that be in South Bend, Ind., fired the 28-year coaching veteran Tuesday, one month prior to the Fighting Irish&#39;s scheduled matchup with UCLA in the Insight Bowl
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Three years ago, Tyrone Willingham was heralded as a champion for all black football coaches after being given the responsibility of returning the Notre Dame football program to among the nationâs elite.
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Notre Dame became just another football factory when it fired Willingham rather than honor the final two years of his contract. Did someone write something about how, as the pre-bowl season winds down, coaches
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Even in the wake of what many are calling one of the most damaging losses in recent history, Notre Dame coach Tyrone Willingham is putting a positive spin on things as he prepares for No
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The arrogant powers-that-be at Notre Dame never wanted Tyrone Willingham in the first place.
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Notre Dame fired Tyrone Willingham as its football coach today after a 6-5 season that culminated with a 41-10 loss to top-ranked Southern Cal on Saturday night.
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Tyrone Willingham, who was the first African-American head coach at Notre Dame in any sport, compiled a record of 21-15 in three seasons.
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There&#39;s no secret to Notre Dame&#39;s 41-game winning streak against Navy. The Fighting Irish are bigger, stronger and faster - and they showed it on Saturday.
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Coach Tyrone Willingham was fired by Notre Dame on Tuesday after three seasons in which he failed to return one of the nation's most storied football programs to prominence.
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John Carlson was as shocked as anyone when he heard Tyrone Willingham had been fired as head football coach at Notre Dame. After all, it was only two years ago Willingham dined with the Carlson family at a Litchfield restaurant on a recruiting trip.
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Notre Dame coach Tyrone Willingham yells at his players during the second quarter against Stanford in South Bend, Ind., in this Oct. 9, 2004 photo.
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When Notre Dame selected Tyrone Willingham as its head coach three years ago, Richard Lapchick called it the most important hire in college football history.
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In an era in which expectations of success border on being impossible to meet, the University of Notre Dame&#39;s dismissal of coach Tyrone Willingham still managed to send shock waves through college football last week.
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Tyrone Willingham often used the word "more" to describe what it was like to coach at Notre Dame. More pressure. More scrutiny. More urgency. In the end, though, he got less.
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No way Notre Dame loses Saturday, barring the reincarnation of Roger Staubach, which would defy theological logic since he&#39;s still alive.