Brian Kelly News

It won't be determined for years if Jeff Quinn was the right head coach for the University at Buffalo's football program, but he appears to be the perfect choice at this time.

Notre Dame football coach Brian Kelly is focusing on two things - assembling a staff and hanging on to the Irish's recruits.

It's first things first for Jeff Quinn after being formally introduced as the University at Buffalo's new head coach on Tuesday.

Coach Brian Kelly inherits a Notre Dame program that has finished the past two regular seasons at 6-6, is losing its two best players and only has one scholarship quarterback - he's recovering from knee surgery - on the roster.

Jeff Quinn will be Buffalo's new football coach following the departure of Turner Gill.

Marshall University will name West Virginia associate head coach Doc Holliday, a Hurricane native, as its next head football coach at a 2 p.m. press conference today, barring the unexpected, sources told the Gazette late Wednesday night.

New Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly will retain only one of former Irish coach Charlie Weis' assistants, according to a published report on Thursday.

The University of South Florida has retained a person from outside the school to assist with an investigation of the accusation that football coach Jim Leavitt struck one of his players in the locker room.

CINCINNATI - Central Michigan's Butch Jones is the new football coach at the University of Cincinnati, the Enquirer has confirmed.

The University at Buffalo's quest for a new football coach may have begun with an undefeated program in Southern Ohio, while a current Bull has reached out to the Jayhawks regarding their new coach, Turner Gill According to a Rodney McKissic report in The Buffalo News, UB has interviewed Cincinnati offensive coordinator/interim head coach Jeff ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. a ' Brian Kelly has his dream job. Now he has to figure out how to turn a Notre Dame program mired in mediocrity back into a national championship contender.

Brian Kelly has his dream job. Now he has to figure out how to return Notre Dame to national prominence.

Brian Kelly has his dream job. Now he has to figure out how to turn a Notre Dame program mired in mediocrity back into a national championship contender.

To be clear, this was Brian Kelly's job interview. He stared Friday into the expectant gaze of Notre Dame followers, a skeptical legion demanding their new football coach deliver them from apathy, and also to a Bowl Championship Series game if possible.

Brian Kelly will be the next Notre Dame football coach, continuing the rise that has taken him from winning Division II national titles in 2002 and 2003 to heading up one of the most storied programs in the nation just six years later.

Football The Associated Press is reporting that Cincinnati head coach Brian Kelly has told his players that he will meet with Notre Dame to discuss the open coaching position at that school.

Coach Brian Kelly confirmed Monday that he will meet with Notre Dame officials about their open job, leaving fourth-ranked Cincinnati with a lot of uncertainty heading into its first Sugar Bowl appearance.

The next Notre Dame coach is going to have to try to turn around the program without two of the best players from a .500 team.

Sure, it's possible Kevin Sumlin becomes the next Kansas Jayhawks head football coach.

No. 1 Florida vs. No. 2 Alabama With two teams that allow an average of 20.6 points per game -- combined -- it's hard to imagine this being anything but a defensive stalemate.