The Notre Dame Fighting Irish football program is the college football team of the University of Notre Dame, located in South Bend, Indiana.
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.
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# Tenure Coach Years Record Pct. 0 1887–89, 92–93 None 5 7–4–1 .625 1 1894 James L. Morrison 1 3–1–1 .700 2 1895 H. G. Hadden 1 3–1–0 .750
# Tenure Coach Years Record Pct. 3 1896–98 Frank E. Hering 3 12–6–1 .658 4 1899 James McWeeney 1 6–3–1 .650 5 1900–01 Pat O'Dea 2 14–4–2 .750
# Tenure Coach Years Record Pct. 6 1902–03 James F. Faragher 2 14–2–2 .843 7 1904 Red Salmon 1 5–3–0 .625 8 1905 Henry J. McGlew 1 5–4–0 .556
# Tenure Coach Years Record Pct. 9 1906–07 Thomas A. Barry 2 12–1–1 .893 10 1908 Victor M. Place 1 8–1–0 .889 11 1909–10 Frank Longman 2 11–1–2 .857
# Tenure Coach Years Record Pct. National titles (consensus & shared) 12 1911–12 John L. Marks 2 13–0–2 .933 13 1913–17 Jesse Harper 5 34–5–1 .863 14 1918–30 Knute Rockne 13 105–12–5 .881 1924, 1929, 1930
# Tenure Coach Years Record Pct. National titles (consensus & shared) 15 1931–33 Hunk Anderson 3 16–9–2 .630 16 1934–40 Elmer Layden 7 47–13–3 .770
# Tenure Coach Years Record Pct. National titles (consensus & shared) 17 1941–43, 46–53 Frank Leahy 11 87–11–9 .855 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949
# Tenure Coach Years Record Pct. 18 1944 Edward McKeever 1 8–2–0 .800 19 1945, 63 Hugh Devore 2 9–9–1 .500 20 1954–58 Terry Brennan 5 32–18–0 .640
# Tenure Coach Years Record Pct. National titles (consensus & shared) 21 1959–62 Joe Kuharich 4 17–23–0 .425 22 1964–74 Ara Parseghian 11 95–17–4 .836 1966, 1973 23 1975–80 Dan Devine 6 53–16–1 .764 1977
# Tenure Coach Years Record Pct. 24 1981–85 Gerry Faust 5 30–26–1 .535 25 1986–96 Lou Holtz 11 100–30–2 .765 1988 26 1997–2001 Bob Davie 5 35–25 .583
# Tenure Coach Years Record Pct. 2001* George O'Leary 0 0–0 .000 27 2002–2004 Tyrone Willingham 3 21–15 .583 Interim 2004** Kent Baer 1 0–1 .000
# Tenure Coach Years Record Pct. 28 2005–2009 Charlie Weis 5 35–27 .565
# Tenure Coach Years Record Pct. 29 2010–2021 Brian Kelly 12 113***–40 .739 30 2021–present Marcus Freeman 1 0–3 .000