Notre Dame Football: All-Time Losingest Coaches

Notre Dame has a long football history that fans nationwide flock to. “Win one for the Gipper”, the Four Horsemen,

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and the “Play Like a Champion Today” sign are all parts of Fighting Irish lore.

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In that long football history that has been played at the university since an 8-0 loss to Michigan in November of 1887,

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it hasn’t always been national championships and 10-win seasons.

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In fact, Notre Dame has lost a total of 330 times in the more than 13 decades they’ve been playing football.

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But who has lost the most as Notre Dame’s head coach?

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Marcus Freeman isn’t there – yet – but with five in 13 career games he’s already in the top.

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We went ahead and listed the the top 13 in program history ,

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as that’s how many have lost double-digit games at Notre Dame. Here they are, the all-time losingest coaches at Notre Dame.

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13. Frank Leahy: 11 losses

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12. Knute Rockne - 12 losses

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11. Elmer Layden -13 losses

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10. Tyrone Willingham - 15 losses

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9. Dan Devine - 16 losses

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8. Ara Parseghian - 17 losses

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7. Terry Brennan - 18 losses

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6. Joe Kuharic - 23 losses

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5. Bob Davie - 25 losses

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4. Gerry Faust - 26 losses

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3. Charlie Weis - 27 losses

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2. Lou Holtz - 30 losses

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1. Brian Kelly - 40 losses

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