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Marcus Louis Freeman (born January 10, 1986) is an American football coach and former linebacker who is the 30th head football coach at the University of Notre Dame. He previously served as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Notre Dame in 2021. Freeman was also an assistant coach at the University of Cincinnati, Purdue University, Kent State University, and Ohio State University.
Freeman played college football at Ohio State and was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the fifth round of the 2009 NFL draft, but was released before the regular season. He then served on practice squads for the Buffalo Bills and Houston Texans. Following the 2009 season, he retired from his playing career due to a heart condition.
Marcus Freeman was born at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Medical Center in Dayton, Ohio. Freeman’s mother, Chong Freeman, is from South Korea, and met his father, Michael Freeman, an African American, while he was serving in the U.S. Air Force and then moved to Ohio in 1976. He has an older brother, Michael Jr.
Freeman attended Wayne High School in Huber Heights, Ohio. He totaled 152 tackles, including 29 behind the line of scrimmage…
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