Notre Dame fires head football coach Charlie Weis

NY Daily News ^ | 11/30/2009

[My Favorite Headache]

Charlie Weis is out as Notre Dame head football coach, a source close to the program told the Daily News.

AD Jack Swarbrick has decided to make a change after Weis finished the season with a 6-6 record and four straight losses to Navy, Pitt, Connecticut and Stanford.

Weis coached Notre Dame for five years and leaves with a 35-27 record. He has told friends in South Bend he has at least six offers from NFL teams to become their offensive coordinator.

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[Rummyfan]

Ultimately, Johnson failed to manage the owner and was gone. But he left with a ring and put the Cowboys on center stage for a decade.

Two rings actually, and I think if he had stayed he'd probably have had two more. The nucleus of talent was there - even Switzer managed to win a championship with that team.

[Rummyfan]

USC went through a similar period under Larry Smith, John Robinson (2) and Paul Hackett...

And let us not forget Ted Tollner!

[americanophile]

...indeed.