SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT Since its founding, the University of Notre Dame has stressed mixing academics and faith while becoming America’s preeminent Catholic university. Notre Dame prides itself on being a Christian community that prepares its students for leadership in building a more human and divine society. Head coach Brian Kelly and his coaching staff are committed to the football team being active in the community. Members of the 2014 Notre Dame football team totaled more than 2,000 hours of community service in the South Bend area alone.
SKILL DEVELOPMENT The Fighting Irish football team benefits from having a coaching staff that is one of the best and most experienced in the nation. Notre Dame’s 2015 coaching staff has more than 200 years of coaching experience and all 10 coaches have played or coached in a bowl or NFL playoff game. Player development is the hallmark of this Irish coaching staff and every coach has helped develop players to all-conference, All-America or firstround NFL Draft honors. In their first five seasons at Notre Dame, Brian Kelly and his coaching staff have helped develop 11 All-Americans and four first-round selections in the NFL Draft.
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT Notre Dame’s football program is based in the state-of-the-art Guglielmino Athletics Complex that includes the 25,000-square-foot Haggar Fitness Complex. Within these walls the Fighting Irish prepare to win by taking care of themselves in the weight room, the training table and with meals provided at training table. Notre Dame’s football team benefits from the tutelage of director of football strength and conditioning Paul Longo as he enters his 29th year in collegiate athletics and has worked alongside Brian Kelly since 2004. The Fighting Irish are also fortunate to be one of only eight Football Bowl Subdivision schools to employ two full-time sports dietitians in its athletics department as Dwight Allison and Anna Turner continually provide accurate and up-todate nutrition education to Notre Dame’s football players.