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 ...

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.

AKRON, Ohio — 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.

Gerry Faust was victorious in a game against Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge in 1984. While his run was underwhelming, his underdog tale became the stuff of Notre Dame lore.

AKRON, Ohio -- 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.

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 ...

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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.