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That Notre Dame is anywhere near the top after last year's dreadful 5-6 season is testimony to the wizardry of coach Tyrone Willingham. He has seemingly awakened the ghosts of Notre Dame's past. Yet he got the position by default. He finished second in a job hunt...
Willingham, 48, is the opposite of the rah-rah type Notre Dame thought it was looking for, one reason he wasn't hired in the first place. He's an intense, Bible Belt Southerner who worked his way through a series of coaching positions to the top job at Stanford...
Willingham has restored the players' confidence by teaching them how to walk in the blazing Notre Dame spotlight without being blinded. His advice: "Never get hung up on the game you just played." How does he get his you-can-do-it message across? "I don't know," he says...
Willingham has also pumped up Notre Dame's cash flow. College football is a $5 billion-a-year business, and it has long been a moneymaker at Notre Dame. Last year the football program generated $32 million in revenues and profits of $21 million. In the past month, some 80...
After beating Florida State, the 8-0 Irish are in the hunt for a place in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 3 to determine the national champion. "This season is magical because nobody expected it. He's done a spectacular job," says NBC's Schanzer. And fans can't wait...