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Belleville News DemocratBrian Kelly already a celebrity at Notre DameChicago TribuneThe South Bend Tribune reports: New Notre Dame football coach Brian Kelly says he was surprised to learn he already is a recognizable face in South Bend. ...Notre Dame football: Kelly already a local celebritySouth Bend TribuneHow to Damage Your Reputation: The Brian Kelly ModelBleacher ReportNotre Dame Football: Brian Kelly's Second Day on the JobBleacher...  

Notre Dame junior wide receiver Golden Tate made two more All-America teams Tuesday - Sporting News and the Associated Press - making him the Irish program's 32nd unanimous All-American and first since cornerback Shane Walton did so in 2002.  

SOUTH BEND - Between recruiting, hiring assistant coaches and finding out where the executive washroom is, new Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly actually found some time to do some Christmas shopping.  

SOUTH BEND -- Fact: In the big time college football world there are haves and have-nots. Fact: Head coaches' salaries at Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) schools are among the most obvious indicators of the chasm between the two.  

SOUTH BEND -- It came literally in the first few days of Jack Swarbrick moving into the Joyce Center, perhaps before he had even located the coffee maker. His first coaching hire as Notre Dame athletic director.  

The following is based on an article written by Bleacher Report's Frank Irizarry entitled "National Communists Against Athletes"   Fast Forward to early December 2010.  The Notre Dame Fighting Irish have remarkably completed an undefeated season.  Brian Kelly's first year as head coach has been an incredible success. Notre Dame finishes first in the BCS rankings and is getting ready to play the SEC Champion, LSU, in the National Championship...  

"Notre Dame Football is irrelevant," say many. "Well, allow me to retort..." Many of these people are writers for Bleacher Report that fail to even proofread their own articles/comments for spelling errors. Some even readily comment on other's lack of writing skills despite the fact that they, often, lack the same ability. Onward, I'd like to point out that the "irrelevancy," many point to, of Notre Dame's Football program stems only from the...  

SOUTH BEND -- As the clock hanging on the north wall of Notre Dame's Guglielmino Athletics Complex inched toward 11:15 Friday morning, Kyle Rudolph noticed a number of excitement-driven conversations breaking out around the room.  

SOUTH BEND — The search is finally over. According to two university sources familiar with the search process, University of Cincinnati head coach Brian Kelly will be named Charlie Weis' successor at Notre Dame. Kelly is expected to meet with his team Thursday night before the Bearcats' football banquet to inform them of his decision. The media were suddenly banned from the banquet Thursday afternoon. Kelly, 48, is 34-6 in his third full...  

Modesto BeeSome Notre Dame fans upset that Brian Kelly is pro-choiceFanIQ (blog)As if anyone just hired as head coach of Notre Dame needed something else to worry about, Brian Kelly is now under fire by certain Fighting Irish fans ...Dave Sittler: Football fanatics become scroogesTulsa Worldall 174 news articles »  

A veteran of the Cincinnati high school football scene, John Rodenberg has noticed that University of Cincinnati coach - make that former University of Cincinnati coach - Brian Kelly was very good at working with the high school coaches in the talent-rich area.  

Washington PostEverywhere Brian Kelly slept, Notre Dame was his dreamChicago TribuneThen, conversations about college football had a very narrow focus: It was Notre Dame, always Notre Dame, only Notre Dame. Decades later, everything and ...Notre Dame football: Kelly made his name on coaching, not recruitingSouth Bend TribuneNotre Dame Football -- Players sense Kelly's passion for gameElkhart TruthCollege Football - Kelly takes over Irish.WJBD...  

Off the Record (blog)Kosar to interview Jimmy Clausen for the Browns?Off the Record (blog)Mike Lombardi of the National Football Post says that former Cleveland Browns QB Bernie Kosar is going to interview former Notre Dame QB Jimmy Clausen on ...Bernie Kosar talked with Jimmy ClausenDigital Sports Dailyall 8 news articles »  

First it was Charlie Weis. Then it was Jimmy Clausen, followed closely behind my classmate and All-American, Golden Tate. Today, Notre Dame's key piece on the recruiting trail and interim head of football operations Rob Ianello has taken the same path as the aforementioned trio of former Domers. It was announced today that Ianello will be formally introduced as head coach at Akron University at noon on Thursday. ''Rob brings a great amount of...  

Unless you've been living in a football-proof cave, spent your time since Black Friday at the mall or just didn't have any interest in the Notre Dame coaching search, there are many things that have become known about Brian Kelly since he entered the Charlie Weis replacement picture.