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Top Ten Greatest Notre Dame Football Coaches: #1 Frank Leahy

Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football has one of the richest histories in the sport of college football. Despite not winning a national championship since 1988, the Irish are firmly entrenched as one of the elites in the sport. With that in mind, I wanted to take a look at the top ten greatest head coaches in the history of Irish Football. This will be a ten-part series.

1. Frank Leahy

Tenure: 1941-1943, 1946-1953

Record: 87-11-9

Frank Leahy was born on August 27, 1908 in O’ Neill, Nebraska.