Charlie Weis

Charlie Weis

Charlie Weis is the current head coach of the University of Notre Dame football team, and the first Notre Dame graduate to hold this position since 1963.

Weis began his coaching career in 1979 at Boonton High School in New Jersey, then spent the next five seasons at Morristown (NJ) High School as a football assistant. In 1985, he was hired by the University of South Carolina, serving four seasons on the Gamecock staff before returning to New Jersey as head coach at Franklin Township High in 1989. That year, he took Franklin Township to the New Jersey state championship while also assisting in the New York Giants's pro personnel department.

In 1990, Charlie Weis launched his professional coaching career with the Giants when he was named defensive assistant and assistant special teams coach under Giants head coach Bill Parcells. The Giants went on to win the Super Bowl that season, edging the Buffalo Bills, 20-19. After Ray Handley took over as head coach in 1991, Weis stayed on as the team's running backs coach for two seasons.

Weis then began a four-year stint with the New England Patriots, where he once again served under Parcells. During that time, Weis served variously as tight ends coach ('93-'94), runnings back coach ('95), and receivers coach ('96). When Parcells left New England following the 1996 season, Weis once again followed his mentor to the New York Jets, where he was the team's offensive coordinator from 1997 to 1999.

Following Parcells's announced retirement after the 1999 season, Charlie Weis returned to New England and was named the team's offensive coordinator under head coach Bill Belichick, a position he held from 2000-2004. During this stint, the Patriots won three Super Bowls (2001, 2003, 2004). Although the Patriots ranked in the bottom half of the NFL in total offense in all but one of his years as the team's offensive coordinator, Weis has been credited for helping develop Tom Brady into one of the best quarterbacks in the league.

On November 30, 2004, Notre Dame fired its head football coach, Tyrone Willingham, after three seasons of disappointing play. An immediate search for a replacement began, and on December 12, 2004, Charlie Weis was named the 28th
head football coach in Notre Dame history, agreeing to a six-year contract.

Weis earned his bachelor's degree in speech and drama from Notre Dame in 1978. He earned his master's degree in education in 1989 while coaching at the University of South Carolina.

In 2003, Weis and his wife Maura established the Hannah & Friends Foundation, dedicated to children affected by developmental disorders. In the spring of '04, the first annual Hannah & Friends Celebrity Golf Classic was held to benefit the foundation. The couple has two children, Charles Joseph and Hannah Margaret.

 

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