From FightingIrish.com:

South Bend, Indiana — Peter Schivarelli of Chicago, Illinois, has made a gift to the University of Notre Dame to endow the football program’s defensive line coach position. Peter is a 1971 Notre Dame graduate and former defensive lineman on the Fighting Irish football team.

The endowment will help underwrite the salary of the defensive line coach, provide stability and resources for the long term and create funds for use within the athletics department. This is the eighth Notre Dame football coaching staff position, including head coach, that has been endowed.

"I am so thankful to Peter and his family for their continued support of Notre Dame football," said University Vice President and James E. Rohr Director of Athletics Pete Bevacqua. "His generosity impacts our student-athletes nearly everyday not just through his philanthropic support, but also the time and knowledge he provides. Peter’s decision to endow our defensive line coach position is critical to our future success and gifts like these are integral to our athletic programs."

Al Washington will assume the title of Peter Schivarelli Defensive Line Coach. Washington is entering his third season as Notre Dame’s defensive line coach and defensive run game coordinator. His defensive line played a key role in a Fighting Irish defense that finished the 2023 season as one of the top units in the country. As Notre Dame’s defensive line coach over the last two seasons, Washington has mentored NFL draft picks Isaiah Foskey and Javontae Jean-Baptiste along with key 2024 returnees Howard Cross III and Rylie Mills.

“Peter is one of the most giving people I have ever met,” said Dick Corbett Head Football Coach Marcus Freeman. “He goes above and beyond to share his time, his knowledge and in this case, his resources. He has such a deep passion for Notre Dame and wants nothing more than for all programs here, including football, to be successful. We appreciate Peter’s support and are grateful for his willingness to endow the defensive line coach position.”

Schivarelli has a long history of supporting the University of Notre Dame and its athletics department. He is a member of the Advisory Council for the Student-Athlete, Jesse Harper Council, Cavanaugh Council, Friends of Ted and Ned and the Ara Parseghian Medical Research Fund along with being a major supporter of the Notre Dame Marching Band. He also provided the resources to establish the Schivarelli Football Players’ Lounge inside the north tunnel of Notre Dame Stadium. Additionally, Schivarelli spearheaded the efforts to create a statue in honor of his former coach, Ara Parseghian, that resides outside Gate B of Notre Dame Stadium.

“Notre Dame has been very generous in its thanks for anything I have done, but to me I can never do enough to repay them for what they have done for me, and my entire life, since I walked in as a freshman in 1967,” said Schivarelli. “I received some financial help from the athletic department and the football team that came at a time I needed it most. I always felt that after graduation all players should, at the least, give back what their scholarship cost in their days. What that scholarship was worth could never be repaid. It is my honor to endow the defensive line coach position, especially since that is the position I played.”

Schivarelli is President and Chief Executive Officer of Critter Management in addition to being the longtime manager of the rock band Chicago.

Notre Dame Football Endowed Coaching Staff Positions
Dick Corbett Head Football Coach – Marcus Freeman
Bob Hinton Defensive Coordinator – Al Golden
John and Bobbie Arlotta Family Offensive Coordinator – Mike Denbrock
Joe Moore Offensive Line Coach – Joe Rudolph
Peter Schivarelli Defensive Line Coach – Al Washington
Pat and Jana Eilers Defensive Backs Coach – Mike Mickens
Bob and Leslie Mohr Family Quarterbacks Coach – Gino Guidugli
Trematerra Family Director of Football Performance – Loren Landow

This is no surprise since the team was near bottom of ACC in batting average and runs scored. Stifler knows his job is on the line and major changes need to be made. Even though this is not a money making sport, return on investment and striving for excellence is still required.

In a roundtable of national analysts discussing the new 2026 rankings, @Greg Smith argues that Notre Dame OL target Ben Nichols may be ranked too low.


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I'll have a visitors preview with more details by Friday, but I wanted to share the latest expected official visitors list.

UPDATE | Here's the visitors preview:


2025 TARGETS

Four-star LB Madden Faraimo
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Four-star CB Jahmir Joseph (being recruited at safety)
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Four-star LB Nathaniel Owusu-Boateng
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2025 COMMITS
Four-star RB Daniel Anderson
Four-star TE James Flanigan
Four-star CB Dallas Golden
Four-star LB Dominik Hulak (recruited at vyper)
Three-star LB Ko'o Kia
Four-star DE Joseph Reiff
Four-star LB Anthony Sacca
Three-star DE Gordy Sulfsted (recruited at defensive tackle)
Four-star CB Cree Thomas
Four-star CB Mark Zackery

National recruiting analysts Sam Spiegelman and @John Garcia Jr. are down in Tampa, Fla., for the OT7 Championship. And as I mentioned before, QB commit Deuce Knight and S target Bralan Womack are playing together for the Coastline Stars.

Both were featured in tonight's rumor mill:


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A look here:

Notre Dame's official visitors for the June 7-9 weekend arrived on campus Friday morning. The 2025 recruits visiting include CB commit Dallas Golden, S target Jahmir Joseph, LB commit Ko’o Kia, CB commit Cree Thomas, RB commit Daniel Anderson, LB target Nathaniel Owusu-Boateng, LB target Madden Faraimo, TE commit James Flanigan, VYP commit Dominik Hulak, DE commit Joseph Reiff, CB commit Mark Zackery, DT commit Gordy Sulfsted and LB commit Anthony Sacca (not pictured).

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Quarterback trainer Baylin Trujillo discusses his work with new Notre Dame quarterback commit Noah Grubbs, where the 2026 recruit has made the biggest strides, watching Grubbs handle the recruiting process, what it was like with fellow trainee Brady Hart also being recruited by ND, Trujillo's path as a quarterback trainer, how teaching the position has evolved and more.

Then I answer questions from Twitter and The Insider Lounge (17:17).

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My goodness, this is awkward.

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Gathering more information as we speak, but I'm told Australian punter James Rendell has committed to Notre Dame.

He'll be a scholarship player and part of Notre Dame's incoming 2024 freshman class.

I'll be updating this story:

I plan to record our next Inside ND Sports podcast on Thursday. I'll have a guest for the first half and then will handle questions solo as @Eric Hansen enjoys some vacation.

Send me some questions you'd like me to discuss. And as a bonus, if you have good quarterback training questions, I may ask them to our guest.

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Caught up with Notre Dame OT commit Owen Strebig earlier tonight. He told me that he visited Notre Dame on Tuesday in order to spend some time with QB commit Deuce Knight before he left campus. Even though they'll be on campus together later this month for official visits, Strebig wanted to make that happen. Strebig also went to a South Bend Cubs game Tuesday night.

How'd it go?

"It was awesome! Thankful everyday I picked ND. Truly the place for me," Strebig said.

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Notre Dame quarterback commit Deuce Knight is in Tampa, Fla., this weekend for the OT7 Championship.

He met up with a pair of 2025 commits from the area: CB Dallas Golden and RB Justin Thurman.

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Thurman is one of two Irish pledges in the 2025 class who have been committed longer than Knight.

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I'm out at Notre Dame for Irish Invasion, which we're in the middle of right now. It's mostly been stretching, testing and identifying who made it.

Notre Dame commits in attendance:
2025 QB Deuce Knight
2026 QB Noah Grubbs
2025 WR Elijah Burress
2025 DE Christopher Burgess Jr.
2025 DE Joseph Reiff
2025 VYP Dominik Hulak

Some of the other notable participants:
2025 ATH target Dalen Penson
2025 OL prospect Cameron Herron
2026 OL prospect Adam Guthrie
2026 S prospect Bralan Womack
2026 TE prospect Gavin Mueller
2026 LB prospect Cam Thomas

Notre Dame football just announced that it will host Boise State in Notre Dame Stadium on Oct. 4, 2025, for the first football game between the Irish and Broncos.

Story:

A Q&A with 2025 vyper Dominik Hulak, who's been committed to Notre Dame since November, about his Irish Invasion experience.

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A bigger Joseph Reiff put his development on display for Notre Dame's coaching staff, then they immediately reviewed the Irish Invasion film following the camp.

"It was really nice to have them pick apart my reps, what I did good, what I could do better and how to improve," Reiff said.


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Can someone tell me why Notre Dame is a one point underdog to a middle of the road SEC team with a new coach and a bunch of player turnover? I just don’t get it. What is Notre Dame missing? Are the Irish overrated? This would be a game that shouldn’t be in doubt if Notre Dame is a top 10 playoff bound team. The line makes no sense.

Why did 2026 TE target Brock Harris carve out time for a Notre Dame visit on his June schedule?

“The culture, the tradition and their recent success with the tight ends there,” Harris said.


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@Eric Hansen will have more with comments from Marcus Freeman on this, but we learned today that former Notre Dame/Alabama QB Tyler Buchner will rejoin the Irish football program as a walk-on wide receiver. He will still play lacrosse at ND as well.

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A Q&A with 2025 defensive end Joseph Reiff, who's been committed to Notre Dame since September, about his Irish Invasion experience.

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Matt Bedford, one of ND's starters, is also in the portal.

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