Coaches
Marcus Freeman
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Marcus Freeman*+
Head coach, Notre Dame · Played at Ohio State 2004-2008
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Ohio State (unknown) | GA | Graduate assistant | Jim Tressel |
| 2011-2012 | Kent State | Position | Linebackers coach | Darrell Hazell |
| 2013-2015 | Purdue | Position | Linebackers coach | Darrell Hazell |
| 2016 | Purdue | DC | Co-defensive coordinator & linebackers coach✓ | Gerad Parker* (2016), Darrell Hazell (2016) |
| 2017-2020 | Cincinnati | DC | Defensive coordinator & linebackers coach✓ | Luke Fickell* |
| 2021 | Notre Dame | DC | Defensive coordinator & linebackers coach✓ | Brian Kelly |
| 2021- | Notre Dame | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Purdue | Co-defensive coordinator | 114 | 114 | 99 | 97 | 128 |
| 2017 | Cincinnati | Defensive coordinator | 94 | 109 | 80 | 42 | 130 |
| 2018 | Cincinnati | Defensive coordinator | 9 | 6 | 4 | 94 | 130 |
| 2019 | Cincinnati | Defensive coordinator | 30 | 18 | 32 | 9 | 130 |
| 2020 | Cincinnati | Defensive coordinator | 2 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 127 |
| 2021 | Notre Dame | Defensive coordinator | 16 | 11 | 31 | 27 | 130 |
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Notre Dame | 0-1 (1 of 13) | 9 → 8 | 47 | 16 | 17.4 | 83% wins | 130 |
| 2022 | Notre Dame | 9-4 | 5 → 18 | 70 | 42 | 10.3 | 85% wins | 131 |
| 2023 | Notre Dame | 10-3 | 13 → 14 | 6 | 3 | 20.1 | 69% wins | 133 |
| 2024 | Notre Dame | 14-2 | 7 → 2 | 12 | 2 | 23.9 | 77% wins | 134 |
| 2025 | Notre Dame | 10-2 | 6 → 10 | 6 | 9 | 24.4 | 88% wins | 136 |
| 2026 | Notre Dame | 8-1 | - → - | 4 | 31 | 24.4 | 83% wins | 138 |
Worked under
- Jim Tressel · Ohio State 2010 (GA)
- Darrell Hazell · Kent State 2011-2012 (Position)
- Darrell Hazell · Purdue 2013-2016 (DC, Position)
- Gerad Parker* · Purdue 2016 (DC, Position)
- Luke Fickell* · Cincinnati 2017-2020 (DC, Position)
- Brian Kelly · Notre Dame 2021 (DC, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
On his staffs · 13
- Al Golden · Notre Dame 2022-2024 (DC, Position)
- Chris O'Leary · Notre Dame 2022-2023 (Position)
- Gerad Parker* · Notre Dame 2022-2023 (OC, Position)
- Tommy Rees · Notre Dame 2022 (OC, Position)
- Gino Guidugli · Notre Dame 2023-2026 (Position)
- Joe Rudolph · Notre Dame 2023-2026 (Position)
- Max Bullough · Notre Dame 2023-2025 (GA, Position)
- Mike Denbrock · Notre Dame 2024-2026 (OC, Position)
- Trent Miles · Notre Dame 2024-2026 (Analyst)
- Chris Ash · Notre Dame 2025-2026 (DC)
- Ja'Juan Seider · Notre Dame 2025-2026 (Other, Position)
- Aaron Henry · Notre Dame 2026 (DC, Position)
- Charlie Partridge · Notre Dame 2026 (Position)
Level 2: on their staffs · 6
- Dontae Wright · Troy 2024-2026 (DC) · under Gerad Parker
- Nathan Burton · Troy 2024-2026 (DC, Position) · under Gerad Parker
- Re'quan Boyette · Troy 2024-2026 (Position) · under Gerad Parker
- Sean Reagan · Troy 2024-2025 (OC) · under Gerad Parker
- Travis Pearson · Troy 2024 (Position) · under Gerad Parker
- Adam Austin · Troy 2026 (OC) · under Gerad Parker
Coached together
- Darrell Hazell · Ohio State 2010 · him GA, them Other, Position
- Jim Bollman · Ohio State 2010 · him GA, them OC, Position
- Jim Heacock · Ohio State 2010 · him GA, them DC
- Jim Tressel · Ohio State 2010 · him GA, them Head coach
- Luke Fickell* · Ohio State 2010 · him GA, them DC, Position
- Paul Haynes · Ohio State 2010 · him GA, them Position
- Taver Johnson · Ohio State 2010 · him GA, them Position
- Brian Rock · Kent State 2011-2012 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Darrell Hazell · Kent State 2011-2012 · him Position, them Head coach
- Jon Heacock · Kent State 2011-2012 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Darrell Hazell · Purdue 2013-2016 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Gerad Parker* · Purdue 2013-2016 · him DC, Position, them Head coach, Other, Position
- Greg Hudson · Purdue 2013-2015 · him Position, them DC
- John Shoop · Purdue 2013-2015 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Jon Heacock · Purdue 2013 · him Position, them Position
- Taver Johnson · Purdue 2014-2016 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Terry Malone · Purdue 2015-2016 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Ross Els · Purdue 2016 · him DC, Position, them DC, Position
- Tim Lester · Purdue 2016 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Doug Phillips · Cincinnati 2017-2019 · him DC, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Gino Guidugli · Cincinnati 2017-2020 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Joker Phillips · Cincinnati 2017-2018 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Jon Tenuta · Cincinnati 2017-2020 · him DC, Position, them Analyst, Position
- Luke Fickell* · Cincinnati 2017-2020 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Mike Denbrock · Cincinnati 2017-2020 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Willie Martinez · Cincinnati 2017 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Colin Hitschler · Cincinnati 2018-2020 · him DC, Position, them Analyst, Position
- Steve Stripling · Cincinnati 2018-2019 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Chad Wilt · Cincinnati 2019 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Max Bullough · Cincinnati 2019 · him DC, Position, them GA
- Dan Enos · Cincinnati 2020 · him DC, Position, them Other, Position
- Perry Eliano · Cincinnati 2020 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Brian Kelly · Notre Dame 2021 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them Head coach
- Brian Polian · Notre Dame 2021 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them Other, ST coord.
- Chris O'Leary · Notre Dame 2021-2023 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them Position
- Del Alexander · Notre Dame 2021 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them Position
- Jeff Quinn · Notre Dame 2021 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them Position
- John McNulty · Notre Dame 2021 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them Position
- Kerry Cooks · Notre Dame 2021 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them Analyst
- Lance Taylor* · Notre Dame 2021 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them Other, Position
- Tommy Rees · Notre Dame 2021-2022 · him DC, Head coach, Position, them OC, Position
- Al Golden · Notre Dame 2022-2024 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Gerad Parker* · Notre Dame 2022-2023 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Gino Guidugli · Notre Dame 2023-2026 · him Head coach, them Position
- Joe Rudolph · Notre Dame 2023-2026 · him Head coach, them Position
- Max Bullough · Notre Dame 2023-2025 · him Head coach, them GA, Position
- Mike Denbrock · Notre Dame 2024-2026 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Trent Miles · Notre Dame 2024-2026 · him Head coach, them Analyst
- Chris Ash · Notre Dame 2025-2026 · him Head coach, them DC
- Ja'Juan Seider · Notre Dame 2025-2026 · him Head coach, them Other, Position
- Aaron Henry · Notre Dame 2026 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Charlie Partridge · Notre Dame 2026 · him Head coach, them Position
Played together
- Rob Harley* · Ohio State 2004-2005
- Brian Hartline* · Ohio State 2005-2008
- Jim Cordle · Ohio State 2005-2008