Willingham Going Irish

Tyrone Willingham will be introduced at noon Tuesday -- January 1, 2002 -- as the new Notre Dame football coach. IrishEyes founder and long time ND football beat writer Joe Tybor will be there to chronicle the culmination of this tumultuous chapter of Irish football history. Here is the University's formal press release announcing the Willingham hire.

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December 31, 2001

ND Set to Introduce
Willingham Noon Tuesday

By The IrishEyes.Com NewsService

At approximately 9 p.m. on New Year’s Eve 2001, the University of Notre Dame quietly announced – via press release – Tyrone Willingham as its new head football coach.

The formal introduction of Willingham to the media and Notre Dame community will take place Tuesday at noon Eastern at the Monogram Room. IrishEyes founder and long-time Notre Dame football beat writer Joe Tybor will be on the scene to lead our coverage.

Clip and paste the link below for Notre Dame’s announcement release of Willingham. For those of you who may have a knee-jerk critical reaction to the hiring, please consider this statistic: In his first 81 games as a collegiate head coach, Willingham is 44-36-1. In his first 81 games, Lou Holtz was 46-32-3.

Happy New Year’s from IrishEyes.

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