Coaching History
Notre Dame Football Coaches
Season-by-season coaching records, tenure arcs, and linked CFBTrack profiles for Notre Dame.
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Coaches
23
Indexed Record
916-326-33
Best Win %
Knute Rockne 88.1%
All-time coaching ledger
Records use fallback-adjusted coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are not included in the table totals.
| Coach | Years | Record | Win % | Best SRS | Best Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Freeman | 2021-2025 • 5 seasons | 43-12 | 78.2% | 24.1 | #2 |
| Brian Kelly | 2010-2021 • 12 seasons | 113-40 | 73.9% | 22.0 | #4 |
| Charlie Weis | 2005-2009 • 5 seasons | 35-27 | 56.5% | 20.8 | #9 |
| Tyrone Willingham | 2002-2004 • 3 seasons | 21-15 | 58.3% | 11.7 | #17 |
| Bob Davie | 1997-2001 • 5 seasons | 35-25 | 58.3% | 12.3 | #15 |
| Lou Holtz | 1986-1996 • 11 seasons | 100-30-2 | 76.5% | 27.5 | #1 |
| Gerry Faust | 1981-1985 • 5 seasons | 30-26-1 | 53.5% | 13.6 | — |
| Dan Devine | 1975-1980 • 6 seasons | 53-16-1 | 76.4% | 31.3 | #1 |
| Ara Parseghian | 1964-1974 • 11 seasons | 95-17-4 | 83.6% | 32.2 | #1 |
| Hugh Devore | 1945-1963 • 2 seasons | 9-9-1 | 50.0% | 23.5 | #9 |
| Joe Kuharich | 1959-1962 • 4 seasons | 17-23 | 42.5% | 12.9 | #17 |
| Terry Brennan | 1954-1958 • 5 seasons | 32-18 | 64.0% | 21.7 | #4 |
| Frank Leahy | 1941-1953 • 11 seasons | 87-11-9 | 85.5% | 38.3 | #1 |
| Ed McKeever | 1944-1944 • 1 seasons | 8-2 | 80.0% | 24.2 | #9 |
| Elmer Layden | 1934-1940 • 7 seasons | 47-13-3 | 77.0% | 19.9 | #5 |
| Hunk Anderson | 1931-1933 • 3 seasons | 16-9-2 | 63.0% | 23.8 | — |
| Knute Rockne | 1918-1930 • 13 seasons | 105-12-5 | 88.1% | 29.3 | — |
| Jesse Harper | 1913-1917 • 5 seasons | 34-5-1 | 86.3% | 32.5 | — |
| Henry McGlew | 1905-1905 • 1 seasons | 5-4 | 55.6% | 14.3 | — |
| Louis Salmon | 1904-1904 • 1 seasons | 5-3 | 62.5% | -18.8 | — |
| James Faragher | 1902-1902 • 1 seasons | 6-2-1 | 72.2% | 1.4 | — |
| Patrick ODea | 1900-1901 • 2 seasons | 14-4-2 | 75.0% | -4.2 | — |
| James McWeeney | 1899-1899 • 1 seasons | 6-3-1 | 65.0% | 1.5 | — |
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