Lou Holtz: All-Time Irish Hero
(Photo: Joseph Weiser) When Lou Holtz was growing up in East Liverpool, Ohio, he was taught by the Sisters of Notre Dame. Each day as the students in his school…
Notre Dame. Where historically young men have come as student athletes only to leave as legends of the gridiron. And where coaches come to teach boys how to become men, and leave with statues erected in their honor. Here are their stories.
(Photo: Joseph Weiser) When Lou Holtz was growing up in East Liverpool, Ohio, he was taught by the Sisters of Notre Dame. Each day as the students in his school…
(Notre Dame Media Relations) In 1964, when Ara Parseghian was hired, another successful coach had been Notre Dame’s second choice. Dan Devine had been winning football games at Missouri since…
(Notre Dame Media Relations) In 1964 when Ara Parseghian had been hired, another successful head coach had been Notre Dame’s second choice. Dan Devine had been winning football games at…
(Photo credit: Chad Ryan) By 1964, it had been ten years since Frank Leahy retired and 15 years since Notre Dame’s last National Championship. ND had not had a winning…
The Leahy monument, Notre Dame Stadium (Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire) Frank Leahy, in many ways was a Knute Rockne protégé. In 1928 Rockne recruited him out of South Dakota to play…
(WikiCommons) In a broad field of swaying prairie grass in a region of Kansas known as the Flinthills, on the cold morning of March 31, 1931, TWA flight 599 crashed…
Dick Rosenthal passed away June 11, 2024 at the age of 91. The opening paragraph of his obituary reads, "A devout Catholic, he was a devoted son, husband, father, grandfather,…
(Photo: Notre Dame Athletics) Notre Dame has had its share of multisport stars over the years. Among them: George Gipp (football and baseball), Moose Krause (football and basketball), Johnny Lujack…
Drew White enters the field at the 2022 Fiesta Bowl (Photo: Chad Ryan) When Drue Tranquill went down with an ankle injury in the first quarter against Navy in 2018,…
(Photo: Zach Bolinger/ Icon Sportswire) Growing up in suburban Chicago, Notre Dame was Julian Love’s dream school and when an offer came in March of 2015 from Brian Kelly to…