Top candidates for Notre Dame's next offensive coordinator

.           Yeah, Tommy Rees left for Alabama, so what? I appreciate everything Tommy has done at ND, whether it be as a player or as a coach but I'm going to be honest here, it doesn't seem like the biggest loss in the world to me. I'm not saying Rees was a bad coordinator because in no way shape or form do I believe he was. Rees sure as shit made some questionable calls during the season. For me going into this season it was "Oh, Rees got handcuffed by Brian Kelly now he's going to let it fly" he didn't. Yeah we lost Buchner in the second game of the season and had to ride with Drew Pyne the rest of the year, for Rees to make Drew Pyne into a 9-4 starter and to look average to above average at time, is nothing short of a miracle. But I don't know maybe Rees being the o-coordinator was just cool because he used to be a QB in South Bend. Now Marcus Freeman can hand pick his guy to lead this offense and with Sam Hartman coming in? Damn is this offense going to be fun to watch. So who is it? Who's next? Let's take a look at some realistic and some pipe dream candidates to lead Notre Dame's offense next.


Gerard Parker(Notre Dame Tight End coach)
          Parker and coach Freeman worked together at Purdue. Before Notre Dame parker was the offensive coordinator at West Virginia. Parker was not great as far as stats go at West Virginia but he has done a tremendous job with the tight ends since being at Notre Dame and clearly coach Freeman has some kind of trust in him.

Joe Moorehead(Akron Head Coach)
          Moorhead was actually a candidate to be the Irish offensive coordinator back in 2020 after leading Oregon's offense for the prior 2 seasons but the job went to Rees. He can for sure lead an offense but he was best known for what he did at Penn State from 2016-2017 where Penn State went 22-5 and scored nearly 40 points per game during that time frame(source Irish Breakdown/fan nation)

Joe Brady(Buffalo Bills QB Coach)
          Now this is what I want. As a Panthers fan I was over the moon when Carolina hired him as the OC until Matt Rhule blamed him for everything and fired him. Brady worked with Joe Burrow during his National Championship season at LSU. When at LSU Brady had an offense that put up 48.4 points/game and 568.4 yards/game as the 2019 LSU is team considered one of the greatest college football teams of all-time. Apparently Brady has made it clear he prefers the NFL to college but I mean he's too good not to try and go after, plus the rumor is that's who Sam Hartman wants.

Andy Ludwig (Utah offensive coordinator/QB coach
          Utah's offense has been pretty explosive in the 4 years Ludwig has been there averaging just over 35 points a game. He's got 2 back-to-back Pac 12's titles. Utah has also averaged over 200 yards a game the last 2 years and with the fire power ND has in the backfield? Off that gives me a quarter chub.



This is just a few of the names that have been thrown around and for me these are 4 of the top candidates. Will this change? Probably. Byron Leftwich, the former Tampa Bucs offensive coordinator has already called to inquire and he will be on campus next week for an interview. Another name that has been mention heavily is Brian Johnson, the quarterback of the Philadelphia Eagles is also supposed to be scheduled for an interview in South Bend. With the fire power ND has on offense and with Sam Hartman coming in at QB, it's going to be a real interesting time for the Irish and I for one am here for it. The Notre Dame faithful trust Marcus Freeman and trust him to make the right decision. Notre Dame has a strong shot to make the college football playoffs this year and with the right offensive coordinator this team could be nothing short of explosive