MEDIA DAY Monday, Aug. 8, 2005 Guglielmino Athletics Complex Notre Dame, Ind. 2005 FIGHTING IRISH FOOTBALL 11 a.m. Football Contacts: Doug Walker and Alan Wa s i e l e w s k i Phone: (574) 631-7516 Fax: (574) 631-7941
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[email protected] 112 Joyce Center, Notre Dame, Ind., 46556 2005: The Charlie Weis Era Begins... The 117th season of Notre Dame football is the first in the tenure of head coach Charlie Weis, who is commencing his ini- Television: n/a tial campaign today with his first fall media day. Weis was named the 28th head football coach in Notre Dame history on Sunday, Dec. 12, 2004. A 1978 Notre Dame Radio: n/a graduate, Weis takes the reins of the Irish program after a highly successful career as an assistant coach in the National Football League. Tickets: n/a The owner of four Super Bowl champion rings as products of a stellar 15-season career as an NFL assistant, Weis is a widely-respected disciple of professional coaching standouts Bill Parcells and Bill Belichick. He comes to Notre Dame after On the web: Check und.com excelling as offensive coordinator of the New England Patriots, where he played an integral role in New England’s victories for all full recap of media day. in three of the last four Super Bowls. Weis is the first Notre Dame graduate to hold the football head coaching position at his alma mater since Hugh Devore Records: n/a (a ’34 graduate) served as interim coach in 1963, and is the first Notre Dame graduate to serve as the Irish football coach on a full-fledged basis since Joe Kuharich (a ’38 graduate who coached at Notre Dame from 1959 through ’62).