Brian Kelly has coached for two of the biggest programs in college football, if not in American sports as a whole.
He spent 12 seasons as the head coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. He then spent three seasons as head coach of the LSU Tigers before getting fired near the end of his fourth.
The Tigers brought Kelly in to bring them into national championship contention. The issue is, he couldn’t even get them into the College Football Playoff.
Kelly was a disappointment at LSU, even though he was fired with a 34-14 overall record.
And yet, he’s still one of the biggest names in the sport, and he could easily find himself coaching big-time college football again in the next year or two.
You get the sense that he’s not quite over getting fired by LSU, though. Kelly recently interviewed on
Brian Kelly still sounds shocked about being fired by LSU
