Notre Dame Fighting Irish extend Brian Kelly’s contract through 2024

Notre Dame announced head coach Brian Kelly’s contract has been extended through the 2024 season on Saturday.

Kelly was first hired by Notre Dame in 2010 and has since had five 10-win seasons as the Irish head coach, including a berth in the College Football Playoff in the 2018 season. Notre Dame is coming off of an 11-2 season in 2019 with losses to Georgia and Michigan.

The contract extension had been reached in December, but due to schedule changes with COVID-19, Notre Dame waited until Saturday to announce the decision.

“We are pleased to be able to have Brian lead our football program for the foreseeable future,” athletic director Jack Swarbrick said in a statement. “These terms were agreed upon in December and we planned the subsequent announcement for the Blue-Gold game in April. When the University transitioned to remote learning in March, we decided to wait to make this announcement until we were able to return our attention to football being back in action and I am happy to share this great news today.”

Kelly had previously received a six-year contract extension after the 2015 season that would run through the 2021 season. As the fourth-winningest coach in school history, he is now signed through the 2024 season to remain in South Bend, Indiana.