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A Look at Notre Dame Head Coach Marcus Freeman (Sept. 3)

School days are back, and so is college football. Ahead of Week 1 of the 2022 college football season, the Register’s Senior Editor Jonathan Liedl talked to the Fighting Irish’s new head coach Marcus Freeman about faith, fatherhood and Notre Dame football.

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