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-19 posts tagged "Debbie Brown"
Brian Plamondon | Friday, May 15, 2015
Notre Dame’s season did not turn out as it had hoped and, as a result, the team will no longer have a familiar face roaming the sideline during the 2015 season. Director of athletics Jack Swarbrick announced longtime Irish head coach Debbie Brown would not return in December, with the team struggling to a 6-23
Greg Hadley | Monday, January 19, 2015
After a national search that took the better part of six weeks, Notre Dame introduced Jim McLaughlin, former head coach at Washington, as the new head coach of the Irish volleyball team Saturday. McLaughlin has coached on the collegiate level since 1985 and spent the past 14 years coaching the Huskies to a 355-90 overall
Mary Green and Greg Hadley | Wednesday, December 24, 2014
With the end of the home football season came the beginning of the highly anticipated Campus Crossroads construction, a nearly three-year plan to transform and expand the outside of Notre Dame Stadium that develops both athletic and academic endeavors. Notre Dame Director of Athletics Jack Swarbrick told The Observer in an interview Dec. 18 that the
Observer Sports Staff | Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Questions from The Observer appear in bold. What, for you, has been the highlight of the semester? I think there were two clear highlights of the semester for me. One was Liz Tucker getting named the NCAA female athlete of the year, and the other was Alex Coccia being named a Rhodes Scholar. Two
Greg Hadley | Thursday, December 4, 2014
Following a second straight losing season, Debbie Brown will not return as head coach of the Irish in 2015, the University announced in a press release Thursday night. Brown, who finished her 24th season with Notre Dame this fall, won 519 matches with the Irish, including 15 regular-season conference titles and 22 NCAA tournament berths. However,
Andrew Robinson | Thursday, November 20, 2014
Hoping to build on their takeaways from tough losses at Wake Forest and Duke last weekend, the Irish play two of their final three games this weekend, as they host No. 7 North Carolina on Friday and North Carolina State on Sunday at Purcell Pavilion. Notre Dame (6-20, 3-12 ACC) took a 2-1 lead and held
Rebecca Rogalski | Thursday, November 13, 2014
After a thrilling 3-2 victory over Louisville on Sunday, the Irish look ahead to this weekend’s match-ups as they travel to North Carolina, where they will face Wake Forest on Friday and Duke on Sunday. Irish coach Debbie Brown said last weekend’s win will contribute to the scrappy mentality the team hopes to carry with it
Andrew Robinson | Tuesday, November 11, 2014
The season has presented many challenges and learning curves for the Irish, but as coach Debbie Brown would tell you, one major positive theme underlies it all: resilience. The Irish (6-18, 3-10 ACC) started the season with six losses, and more recently, they endured a difficult 2-11 stretch, both among the worst stretches in recent
Rebecca Rogalski | Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Coming off of a road loss to Louisville on Sunday, Notre Dame returns home to Purcell Pavilion this weekend for more ACC action, continuing conference play against Clemson on Friday. The Tigers (13-5, 2-3 ACC) ride momentum into Friday’s match after edging Virginia Tech, 3-2, on Friday and topping Georgia Tech, 3-1, on Sunday. This weekend’s
Andrew Robinson | Sunday, October 12, 2014
Taking to the road this weekend in hopes of regaining some ground in conference play, Notre Dame continued to struggle and came up short, losing to Pittsburgh and Louisville in straight sets. The Irish (4-13, 1-5 ACC) began their weekend with a game against Pitt at the Fitzgerald Fieldhouse in Pittsburgh. Despite taking a