How Marcus Freeman’s Meteoric Rise Is Shaking Up College Football Coaching Rankings
Freeman surely hopes to change that this year, his fourth as Notre Dame head coach. After taking over following Kelly’s stunning departure for LSU in late 2021, Freeman led Notre Dame to a 9-4 record in his first season, 10-3 record in his second, and last year, he brought the Irish back to the CFP for the first time since 2020.
In Freeman’s third season, ND won 14 games, including three games in the inaugural 12-team playoff, to reach the national championship, where Freeman met his alma mater, Ohio State. The result, unfortunately for the Irish faithful, went to the Buckeyes, but it marked the first time in more than a decade that Notre Dame even made it to the final game of the season. The last time before then was a 42-14 shellacking by Alabama in 2013, which technically doesn’t exist in the NCAA record books since the 2012 and 2013 seasons for ND were vacated for using ineligible players.
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