5 Reasons P.J. Fleck Should be the Next Notre Dame Head Coach

The seat under Brian Kelly is getting hot in South Bend. Here are five reasons why Notre Dame should hire P.J. Fleck as their next head coach.

With Notre Dame sitting at 2-4 midway through a season they began with College Football Playoff hopes, the Fighting Irish are beginning to take a long look at the leadership at the top of the program. Since coming over from Cincinnati in 2009, Brian Kelly has taken Notre Dame to one BCS championship game as well as making another New Year’s Six appearance last year. The first six years also yielded three 8-5 seasons.

Now the question becomes who should replace Kelly at the helm of the Fighting Irish. Many of the usual suspects will swirl, but perhaps it is time for Notre Dame to ask a different question. What kind of program does it really want to be in the 21st century? What coach could give the team an identity that will keep talent coming to South Bend and return the team to a place of annual contention for the national championship? Here are five reasons why they should make a bold move for P.J. Fleck, one of the biggest names in the Group of Five ranks.