Since losing his first three games at the helm, Marcus Freeman’s Notre Dame football teams have improved each season.

While it is probably too late in the cycle for Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman to even think about pursuing another job, the NFL might come calling. If that does happen, here is a look at who Notre Dame could hire to replace its rockstar head coach.

Notre Dame was going from Brian Kelly, a proven head coach with an extensive résumé and the school’s all-time leader in wins, to Marcus Freeman, who had been a defensive coordinator for only a few years and had spent only one season in South Bend, Ind.

Notre Dame and Clemson met 5 times between 2018 and 2023, and Notre Dame's AD is interested in making that matchup an annual rivalry game.

Freeman, who is bi-racial with Black and South Korean parents, already staked a place as the first such head coach to lead a team to the national final.

I spoke to Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman about destiny. Now his Irish are playing for the national champinship. And there's more to the story.