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by Brian W. Kelly (Author)
The demand for a current edition of this book, first printed in 2016, is so great, that we have decided to make this Second Edition available four years earlier than planned. This book includes the 2016 season and an outlook for a positive future for ND Football.This book is written for those of us who love Notre Dame Football. Those who hate ND football will also want this book so they can get a leg up on the facts missing from the bookshelves of those ND fans who do not have this book.The book first tells the story about Notre Dame's founding in 1842 and quickly gets to the first football game in 1867. From there, the progression leads, to the Notre Dame's first football game in 1887, then to the first Notre Dame coach in 1894, and of course to the great immortal Notre Dame coaches-- Rockne, Leahy, Parseghian, Devine, and Holtz, to the current season with Coach Brian Kelly.This book captures the great moments in Notre Dame Football. It takes the reader through stories about Notre Dame's 31 coaches to great stories about 127 seasons worth of great games (1247 games). The book often stops in time and talks about a particular player such as Johnny Lujack, Paul Hornung, Tony Rice, Tim Brown, Leon Hart, Johnny Lattner, Brady Quinn, Jerome Bettis, Joe Montana, or Joe Theismann. You cannot get enough of ND greatness but we try in this book. You will not be able to put this book down
Author Biography
Brian Kelly retired as an Assistant Professor in the Business Information Technology (BIT) Program at Marywood University, where he also served as the IBM i and Midrange Systems Technical Advisor to the IT Faculty. Kelly designed, developed, and taught many college and professional courses. He continues as a contributing technical editor to a number of technical industry magazines, including "The Four Hundred" and "Four Hundred Guru," published by IT Jungle. Kelly is a former IBM Senior Systems Engineer. His specialty was problem solving for customers as well as implementing advanced operating systems and software on his client's machines. Brian is the author of 111 books and hundreds of magazine articles. He has been a frequent speaker at technical conferences throughout the United States. Brian was a candidate for the US Congress from Pennsylvania in 2010 and he ran for Mayor in his home town in 2015. He loves Notre Dame and was an Irish fan long before some other guy with the same name came to South Bend, Indiana.
