{"id":420856,"date":"2025-12-03T02:45:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T02:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/420856\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T02:45:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T02:45:15","slug":"notre-dames-marcus-freeman-humbling-to-be-held-in-high-regard-by-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/420856\/","title":{"rendered":"Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman: ‘Humbling’ to be held in high regard by Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the Giants look to fill their coaching vacancy, Marcus Freeman is someone the organization holds in \u201chigh regard.\u201d But while the Notre Dame football head coach believes it\u2019s an honor to be thought of that way, he said any consideration is a good reminder of what he already has in South Bend.<\/p>\n

After the firing of Giants head coach Brian Daboll, Freeman was mentioned by The Post\u2019s Paul Schwartz<\/a> in a November episode of the \u201cBlue Rush\u201d podcast as someone who is viewed positively by the organization.<\/p>\n

When asked about Big Blue in a sit-down with The Post on Tuesday ahead of next week\u2019s release of Season 2 of the Peacock docuseries \u201cHere Come the Irish,\u201d Freeman said it was \u201chumbling\u201d to be seen that way by a franchise like the Giants. In the end, though, it\u2019s validation of what he\u2019s built.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe gratitude you have, for one, even being mentioned by an organization like that. I got a lot of respect for all NFL teams, but the history of the Giants is tremendous,\u201d Freeman said. \u201cBut it\u2019s gratitude for me, it reminds me of the honor that I have to be in the position I have. And I\u2019ve said that before. I use that to remind myself of the gratitude that I have for this position because you wouldn\u2019t have said that statement if I didn\u2019t have this job and we weren\u2019t having success.\u201d<\/p>\n

Notre Dame and the Giants could not be having more different seasons, as the Fighting Irish \u2014 ranked 10th in Tuesday\u2019s College Football Playoff Top 25 \u2014 have rattled off 10 straight victories after an 0-2 start to the year, while the Giants are mired in more ignominy with a 2-11 record, seven consecutive defeats and the midseason firing of Daboll.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Freeman has built a strong r\u00e9sum\u00e9 since taking over for Brian Kelly at the end of the 2021 season, attaining a 43-12 record, making a bowl game every year and reaching the College Football Playoff national title game last season.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe result of [success at Notre Dame] is having your name mentioned for a place like the New York Giants or any other major program,\u201d Freeman added. \u201cIt\u2019s humbling, but I always use it as a reminder to be grateful for what I have because if you\u2019re not grateful for it, I often say you\u2019re gonna lose it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Giants general manager Joe Schoen reiterated to reporters on Tuesday that he is giving interim head coach Mike Kafka any support he needs before the team makes a decision on the future of the coaching staff for 2026 and beyond.<\/p>\n

\"NotreNotre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman, left, looks on during the fourth quarter of an NCAA football game against Syracuse, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, in South Bend, Ind. AP<\/p>\n

\u201cMy focus right now is on supporting Kafka as we go forward and we\u2019ll evaluate all aspects of the football operation as we go forward,\u201d Schoen said. \u201cHas it been perfect? No, but I\u2019m very confident in my staff, in myself, and our ability to get this franchise back to where it needs to go.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the Giants look to fill their coaching vacancy, Marcus Freeman is someone the organization holds in \u201chigh…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":420857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[1428,63319,4716,1232,13874,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-420856","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-college-football","9":"tag-marcus-freeman","10":"tag-new-york-giants","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-notre-dame-fighting-irish","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115653347390179276","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}