Tucked into the broadcast of Notre Dame’s week one victory over Duke was the announcement that Notre Dame extended Brian Kelly’s contract through 2024. It was a rather unceremonious announcement given the circumstances in which the Irish, and the rest of college football, are currently operating both logistically and financially. Still, Notre Dame was wise to extend Kelly when they did – which was well before the pandemic.
Terms of Kelly’s extension were agreed to back in December but weren’t announced until last weekend because originally, Notre Dame had a more grand announcement planned for the Blue & Gold game that never happened.