List of Notre Dame Fighting Irish head football coaches - wikipedia List of Notre Dame Fighting Irish head football coaches This is a list of Notre Dame Fighting Irish football head coaches. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team is the football team of the University of Notre Dame, located in South Bend, Indiana, United States. The team competes as an Independent at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. Notre Dame has produced more All - Americans than any other Football Bowl Subdivision school. Additionally, seven Fighting Irish football players have won the Heisman Trophy. Notre Dame is one of only two Catholic universities that field a team in the Football Bowl Subdivision, the other being Boston College, and one of a handful of programs independent of a football conference. The team plays its home games on Notre Dame 's campus at Notre Dame Stadium, also known as the `` House that Rockne Built, '' which has a capacity of 80,795. The current head coach is Brian Kelly. Key # Number of coaches GC Games Coached Wins Loses Ties W -- L % Win -- Loss percentage Coaches Tenure Coach Years Record Pct. National Titles ( outright & shared ) 1887 -- 89, 92 -- 93 None 5 7 -- 4 -- 1. 625 1894 James L. Morison 3 -- 1 -- 1. 700 1895 H.G. Hadden 3 -- 1 -- 0. 750 1896 -- 98 Frank E. Hering 12 -- 6 -- 1. 658 1899 James McWeeney 6 -- 3 -- 1. 650 1900 -- 01 Pat O'Dea 14 -- 4 -- 2. 750 1902 -- 03 James F. Faragher 14 -- 2 -- 2. 843 1904 Red Salmon 5 -- 3 -- 0. 625 1905 Henry J. McGlew 5 -- 4 -- 0. 556 1906 -- 07 Thomas A. Barry 12 -- 1 -- 1. 893 1908 Victor M. Place 8 -- 1 -- 0. 889 1909 -- 10 Frank Longman 11 -- 1 -- 2. 857 1911 -- 12 John L. Marks 13 -- 0 -- 2. 933 1913 -- 17 Jesse Harper 5 34 -- 5 -- 1. 863 1918 -- 30 Knute Rockne 13 105 -- 12 -- 5. 881 1924, 1929, 1930 1931 -- 33 Heartley Anderson 16 -- 9 -- 2. 630 1934 -- 40 Elmer Layden 7 47 -- 13 -- 3. 770 1941 -- 43, 46 -- 53 Frank Leahy 11 87 -- 11 -- 9. 855 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949 1944 Edward McKeever 8 -- 2 -- 0. 800 1945, 63 Hugh Devore 9 -- 9 -- 1. 500 1954 -- 58 Terry Brennan 5 32 -- 18 -- 0. 640 1959 -- 62 Joe Kuharich 17 -- 23 -- 0. 425 1964 -- 74 Ara Parseghian 11 95 -- 17 -- 4. 836 1966, 1973 1975 -- 80 Dan Devine 6 53 -- 16 -- 1. 764 1977 1981 -- 85 Gerry Faust 5 30 -- 26 -- 1. 535 1986 -- 96 Lou Holtz 11 100 -- 30 -- 2. 765 1988 1997 -- 2001 Bob Davie 5 35 -- 25. 583 2001 * George O'Leary 0 0 -- 0. 000 2002 -- 2004 Tyrone Willingham 21 -- 15. 583 2004 * * Kent Baer 0 -- 1. 000 2005 -- 2009 Charlie Weis 5 35 -- 27. 565 2010 -- present Brian Kelly 7 59 -- 31. 656 Totals 31 coaches 126 seasons 895 -- 321 -- 42. 731 * George O'Leary did not coach a single practice or game, being fired five days after being hired ; he had misrepresented his academic credentials. * * Kent Baer served as interim head coach for one game at the 2004 Insight Bowl, after Tyrone Willingham was fired. References Jump up ^ A running total of the number of coaches of the Fighting Irish. Jump up ^ `` 2016 Media Guide Notre Dame Football '' ( PDF ). University of Notre Dame. Retrieved August 13, 2017. Notre Dame Fighting Irish head football coaches No coach ( 1887 -- 1893 ) James L. Morison ( 1894 ) H.G. Hadden ( 1895 ) Frank E. Hering ( 1896 -- 1898 ) James McWeeney ( 1899 ) Pat O'Dea ( 1900 -- 1901 ) James Farragher ( 1902 -- 1903 ) Louis J. Salmon ( 1904 ) Henry J. McGlew ( 1905 ) Thomas A. Barry ( 1906 -- 1907 ) Victor M. Place ( 1908 ) Frank Longman ( 1909 -- 1910 ) John L. Marks ( 1911 -- 1912 ) Jesse Harper ( 1913 -- 1917 ) Knute Rockne ( 1918 -- 1930 ) Heartley Anderson ( 1931 -- 1933 ) Elmer Layden ( 1934 -- 1940 ) Frank Leahy ( 1941 -- 1943 ) Edward McKeever ( 1944 ) Hugh Devore ( 1945 ) Frank Leahy ( 1946 -- 1953 ) Terry Brennan ( 1954 -- 1958 ) Joe Kuharich ( 1959 -- 1962 ) Hugh Devore ( 1963 ) Ara Parseghian ( 1964 -- 1974 ) Dan Devine ( 1975 -- 1980 ) Gerry Faust ( 1981 -- 1985 ) Lou Holtz ( 1986 -- 1996 ) Bob Davie ( 1997 -- 2001 ) Tyrone Willingham ( 2002 -- 2004 ) Kent Baer # ( 2004 ) Charlie Weis ( 2005 -- 2009 ) Brian Kelly ( 2010 -- ) Pound sign ( # ) denotes interim head coach. Notre Dame Fighting Irish football Venues Cartier Field ( 1889 -- 1928 ) Soldier Field ( 1929 ) Notre Dame Stadium ( 1930 -- present ) Bowls & rivalries Bowl games Emerald Isle Classic Army Boston College : Holy War Michigan Michigan State Navy Northwestern Pittsburgh Purdue Stanford USC Culture & lore All - time series results History Band of the Fighting Irish Irish Guard Notre Dame Box Notre Dame Leprechaun `` Notre Dame, Our Mother '' `` Notre Dame Victory March '' Play Like a Champion Today Subway Alumni T formation Tall Grass Game 1946 `` Game of the Century '' 1966 `` Game of the Century '' Catholics vs. Convicts 1993 `` Game of the Century '' Bush Push Navy ends the drought Knute Rockne, All American Notre Dame Football on NBC Rudy People Head coaches Starting quarterbacks Four Horsemen NFL draftees Statistical leaders Seasons 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1988 2017 National championship seasons in bold Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_head_football_coaches&oldid=804370341 '' Categories : Lists of college football head coaches Notre Dame Fighting Irish football coaches University of Notre Dame - related lists Indiana sports - related lists Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 8 October 2017, at 15 : 24. 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Question: who is the head coach at notre dame
Answer: Brian Kelly