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Article: On the spot: Tyrone Willingham, Notre Dame's new coach, has taken on one of the toughest assignments in all of football.
- Article from:
- Football Digest
- Article date:
- April 1, 2002
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IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW MUCH about Tyrone Willingham prior to New Year's Day, you probably do by now. When Willingham was introduced as Notre Dame's 28th head coach that day, he was thrust into the most high-profile job in college sports.
And perhaps the most difficult one. Consider what Willingham is up against:
* The former Stanford coach will try to resurrect an Irish football program that hasn't won a national football championship since the 1988 season and hasn't finished among the top five since 1993. Former coach Bob Davie lost 25 games in his five seasons, an unacceptable number for the Irish faithful.
* The 48-year-old Willingham is the ...