Gerry Faust debuted at Notre Dame with a 27-9 win over LSU on Sept. 12, 1981, and the Irish climbed to No. 1 in the country the following week.

Faust obit: Gerry Faust, former Notre Dame football coach, dies at 89 Then things pretty much deteriorated again. Our golf outing came in 1985 just before his fifth — and final — season as the ...

Devine announced on Aug. 15, 1980, that he would retire at the end of the season. Gerry Faust lived his dream of coaching Notre Dame from 1981-85. AP Photo/Ed Ballots, File ...

His father, Gerry Sr., had coached at Chaminade for 49 years. Two seasons later, Faust accepted an offer to build a football program at a new high school, Archbishop Moeller, in suburban Cincinnati.

Gerry Faust, who saw his childhood dream to play quarterback for the University of Notre Dame dashed, only to live out another one by rising from high school football coach in Ohio to leader of ...

Gerry Faust, the gravel-voiced Cincinnati high school coach who lived a dream by becoming the coach at Notre Dame, has died. He was 89. Notre Dame said in an email Tuesday the family confirmed ...

Gerry Faust, Notre Dame’s football coach for five seasons in the 1980s, died Monday at age 89. His family announced his death in a statement, calling him a “loving husband, father, grandfather and ...

Gerry Faust, who was famously plucked from an Ohio high school to lead Notre Dame's storied football program in 1981, died Monday, his family confirmed in a statement. He was 89. Faust, who had no ...

Though Gerry Faust, who died Monday at 89, had a 30-26-1 record coaching Notre Dame, he said he "was the happiest guy in the world." ...

Faust coached five years at Notre Dame.The Vikings defeated Evansville North 5-0 in the Class 4A state final.

Former Notre Dame coach Gerry Faust, who was hired directly from the high school ranks in the 1980s, died on Monday, the school confirmed in a statement. He was 89. Faust was hired as the head ...

Faust's first team in South Bend went 5-6 and he followed that with marks of 6-4, 7-5, 7-5 and 5-6. "I have always loved Notre Dame and still do," he said after he was fired following the 1985 season.