Overall his squad is 6-4 counting last season’s Fiesta Bowl defeat and has losses at home to lowly Marshall and Stanford. Notre Dame would have to win out (including a bowl game) just to get to 10 wins this year, but the schedule isn't going to get easier with three Top 25 teams (USC, Clemson and Syracuse) on the ledger.įor now, Freeman is under fire, and Twitter provided its postgame thoughts. Marcus Freeman has been Notre Dame’s head coach for less than a calendar year and just wrapped up his tenth game at the helm. He added the title of co-defensive coordinator following. 16 BYU, but it shut down against a Stanford team that allowed 154 points over its last four games, all losses.įreeman is only seven games into his tenure (including last year's Fiesta Bowl loss to Oklahoma State), and he obviously deserves more time, especially after Brian Kelly abruptly left the team for LSU.Īt the same time, Notre Dame entered this game with 10 or more victories in each of its past five years, including two College Football Playoff appearances. Marcus Freeman is in his fourth season as linebackers coach at Purdue. Marcus Freeman is the next head coach at Notre Dame. The offense came to life in a 45-32 win over UNC and a 28-20 victory against then-No. The Fighting Irish then struggled to beat Cal for its first win of the season. 2 Ohio State to start the season before falling to Marshall 26-21 at home.

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