According to sources, Irish Illustrated and 247Sports learned that Cincinnati defensive coordinator Marcus Freeman settled for the position of defensive coordinator at the University of Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish were fighting the Bearcats and LSU, but we believe it will land under head coach Brian. Kelly in South Bend.
Freeman has done a wonderful task leading the Bearcats’ defense over the years, especially this season: he named a finalist for the Broyles Prize, which goes to the country’s most productive assistant coach, and Defensive Coordinator of the Year 247Sports this season. .
Irish Illustrated said from day one that Freeman Kelly is the number one target and it turns out that this effort has paid off. As stated in our weekend article, the Notre Dame touchdown is arguably the most popular call among coordinators this off-season is a massive victory for the Fighting Irish.
For more information on this, Irish Illustrated contacted Chad Brendel of the Bearcat Journal, Cincinnati’s owner of 247Sports, to learn his opinion of Freeman.
“As boys of Xs and Os, Marcus Freeman is smarter than ever in the defensive aspect of the ball. For more than four years in Cincinnati, it has demonstrated a four-3 basis that has become more than a 3-3-five as an adjustment to the diets met by way at the AAFC,” Brendel said. “He also controlled a four-four to slow down the military and then a Bear front five men this year opposed to the army while they were waiting for the four-four he showed the military. He is not married to any express system, and recruits in a genre with flexible players who can slide up and down a position or two as they expand and locate a role.
“His leadership and recruitment skills go hand in hand,” Brendel continued. “Even 34 years later, not long, he was an Ohio State star, and more than anything on both fronts, he is absolutely fair to players, recruits and parents. . Kids know exactly where they are and exactly what they want to do to fit what they’re looking for on Game Day and as a recruiter, allowing him to be a guy who can end up, either in the box on game day. and maintaining commitments to customers for those who have a transparent plan the day they arrive on campus.
“I’m sure a lot of those things seem exaggerated, but you should know that this is a guy who took over one of the worst defensive ensembles in the country four years ago and made it one of the nation’s elite ensembles on all 3 levels. Brendel added. ” And he did so more often under the radar of 3-star contenders who helped turn not only a player of all conferences, but also into an all-American contender and the NFL Draft. Cincinnati with ease. “
Freeman graduated from Wayne High School in Huber Heights, Ohio. He continued to play in the state of Ohio and graduated in 2007. He was a four-year winner for the 2004–08 Buckeyes. He graduated as an ohio state assistant in 2010 before, training supporters at Kent State from 2011 to 2012, going to the supporter coach for four years at Purdue. He was also a defensive co-coordinator in 2015-16. In 2017, Freeman became the defensive coordinator and coach of cincinnati supporters and has been there ever since.
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