Brian Kelly is the most successful Notre Dame Football Coach since Lou Holtz. That’s not up for debate. This season, Kelly won the AP Coach of the Year Award. His second time winning it at Notre Dame. That’s a very impressive accomplishment, and not something done every day. The more or less consistent winning is a mark of a very good coach, and it’s a lot better than coaches like Charlie Weis.
To this point, there is a black mark on the Brian Kelly era, and I’m not talking about having wins vacated.