Oct 13, 2005 / 22:00 pm
From 1981 to 1985, Coach Gerry Faust led one of the most fabled teams in college football through one of their most mediocre eras in history.
The Ohio-born coach, legendary for his high school coaching career, was replaced by Lou Holtz, who went on to lead the Notre Dame Fighting Irish back to greatness. While many would harbor resentment or regret at such a tenuous stint in the spotlight, Faust says that he has used the experience to strengthen his faith in God and teach other Catholics about the art of perseverance.
Coach Faust told David Hartline of the Catholic Report, that when things didn’t go quite as planned at Notre Dame, he "accepted it as God’s will."
"I felt I had let the kids down", he said, and "tried to figure the whole thing out. Perhaps Our Lord Jesus or the Blessed Mother wanted me to speak to others about life experiences like I do now… I know that I have been richly blessed and I love that university. I go to South Bend often and I just loved being able to work with everyone, whether it was at Moeller, Notre Dame or Akron."