There is plenty in the job description of a major college football coach without making academic achievement his responsibility. It has been said many times on this board that ND coaches have always had teams that did well in the classroom because there is a whole support staff in place to allow that to happen. The coach shouldn’t recruit within the academic constraints and stay out of the way if for example a lab conflicts with practice. But the idea that academic development fall on him is unreasonable. Maybe we’re talking about the same thing with respect to his “academic” responsibilities.

of the academic development. A coach can foster an environment that contributes, or one that detracts from academic achievement. If we really mean for these kids to be student athletes, those are two huge jobs going on at the same time. They need help. The coach's first job is to win games, but they should care about the well-being of kids entrusted to them, most of whom will never play professionally.

responsibilities?

of the program to say. Some of his players have had issues, and some have cheated, but that happens.

He has been considerably better since January of 2017 in this regard. Even the ridiculous comparisons that were made to Rockne, Lou, etc were Swarbeick's doing and identified as off base by Kelly. "They have National Championships" was basically his blunt response