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Football
1954 – 1963
Brennan: Terry Brennan, a Leahy player, was hired from the freshman coaching staff in his mid-twenties and coached 1954–58, going 32–18. His first two teams opened 9–1 and 8–2, finishing No. 4 and No. 9 in the final AP poll. Paul Hornung won the 1956 Heisman Trophy on one of his teams. On November 16, 1957, Brennan's team ended Oklahoma's NCAA-record 47-game winning streak, 7–0.
Kuharich: Joe Kuharich coached 1959–62 and went 17–23 — the only Notre Dame head coach in the Archives' table to finish with a losing record.
Devore again: Hugh Devore returned as interim coach in 1963 and went 2–7. That was the record Ara Parseghian inherited.
Sources:
- University of Notre Dame Archives, football coaching records — Brennan's 32–18, Kuharich's 17–23, Devore's 1963 mark.
- The season histories of 1954–58 — the opening records and final rankings; Hornung's 1956 Heisman; the November 16, 1957 Oklahoma game and its 7–0 score.