Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman named coach of the week

Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach Marcus Freeman has earned the Paul "Bear" Bryant coach of the week award for Week 10 after No. 3 Notre Dame took down Miami (FL) 31-24. Miami was No. 1 going into the game. The award is a nice capper for Freeman. Not only did the Irish likely need to win to earn

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Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach Marcus Freeman has earned the Paul "Bear" Bryant coach of the week award for Week 10 after No. 3 Notre Dame took down Miami (FL) 31-24. Miami was No. 1 going into the game.

The award is a nice capper for Freeman. Not only did the Irish likely need to win to earn a playoff bid, but Freeman has sometimes been criticized for Irish fallings against other top-ranked opponents. That's after suffering some tough upsets early in his career.

Freeman has now shown that a Notre Dame team he helms has the ability to beat a No. 1.