Black Notre Dame Alumni Question Firing
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Some black Notre Dame alumni say the recent firing of football coach Tyrone Willingham will hamper the school's efforts to recruit and retain black students and teachers.
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Tyrone Willingham blamed himself Wednesday for his firing as Notre Dame coach, saying he failed to meet the school&#39;s expectations of producing an elite team.
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Notre Dame has contacted Utah coach Urban Meyer about its coaching vacancy and was to meet with him Thursday, The New York Times reported.
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Specifically, after Notre Dame finishes its season tonight in the Insight Bowl against Oregon State in Phoenix. Willingham coached Notre Dame for three years until being fired and then hired at UW earlier this month.
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PITTSBURGH - Steelers running back Jerome Bettis remains upset that Notre Dame fired football coach Tyrone Willingham but supports former Steelers assistant coach Tom Clements as his successor.
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In no uncertain terms, Broncos coach Mike Shanahan today shot down rumors that he is interested in leaving Denver to coach the University of Notre Dame.
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During the last couple days, the Notre Dame football coaching search has seemed to focus on former Irish quarterback Tom Clements and Notre Dame graduate Charlie Weis.
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Notre Dame is off to a historically bad start and things are notÃÂ looking any brighter for arguably the most loved -- and despised --team in college football.
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While many unhappy alumni claim Tyrone Willingham is the latest coach to erode the Irish&#39;s king-sized status, it&#39;s also important to note that Notre Dame hasn
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A turbulent situation at Notre Dame became even more stormy yesterday when outgoing president Rev. Edward Malloy, speaking at a panel discussion in New York, criticized the school's decision to fire football coach Tyrone Willingham last week.
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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 the hours after Ty Willingham was fired by Notre Dame, ESPN News analsyst Trevor Matich (who looks, by the way, as if he could bench-press the entire College GameDay cast) implied something was askew about Willingham&#39;s firing.
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South Bend, IN (Sports Network) - Tyrone Willingham admitted he was surprised at his sudden firing as Notre Dame head coach, but at a news conference Wednesday took blame for the Irish&#39;s shortcomings in his three seasons.
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Now that Utah coach Urban Meyer -- Notre Dame&#39;s top choice to replace Tyrone Willingham as its head football coach -- is headed to Florida, the Irish search committee must regroup and start anew.
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Weis has his first meeting with the media as the head coach of the Fighting Irish. FATHER MALLOY: Welcome to you all. I am pleased to be able to welcome our new football coach.
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Names Coaching Notre Dame is still Urban Meyer's dream job. It just isn't the one he's taking. Meyer said yesterday the professional and financial opportunity presented to him by Florida was too good to pass up. And by the time Notre Dame called, Meyer already knew he was heading for The Swamp, not the Golden Dome. Florida athletic director Jeremy ...
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Notre Dame&#39;s search for a football coach appears to have turned from Utah eastward toward Kentucky, where sources familiar with the process said the Irish