Notre Dame Football vs. Michigan Head Coach Comparison

After a bye week, the 8th ranked Notre Dame Football (5-1) heads to The Big House, in Ann Arbor, Michigan to face the rival 19th ranked Michigan Wolverines (5-2), as they try to keep their college football playoff hopes alive.

Here is an in-depth positional breakdown of the Notre Dame football matchup with the Wolverines in this epic matchup between the head coaches.

Notre Dame Irish Head Coach-Brian Kelly

86 wins and 36 losses in his ten year tenure as the Notre Dame head coach, including a record of four wins and four losses in bowl games, while at Notre Dame.*

Michigan Wolverines Head Coach-Jim Harbaugh

49 wins and 16 losses in his five year tenure as the Michigan head coach, including a record of one win and three losses in bowl games at Michigan

Advantage-Notre Dame

Ironically, the primary knock on both Brian Kelly and Jim Harbaugh is that they struggle to win the big game.

With both teams ranked inside the Associated Press top 25, the fact that this is a rivalry game between the 8th ranked Notre Dame Irish and 19th ranked Michigan Wolverines certainly qualifies as a big game. Brian Kelly led the Irish to the College Football Playoff last year after an undefeated regular season. Ultimately the Irish would be defeated by the National Champion Clemson Tigers.

This season, Kelly has led the Irish to a 5-1 record, with the lone loss coming to SEC powerhouse Georgia in Athens.

Jim Harbaugh has led the Michigan team to a 5-2 record, with losses against 13th ranked Wisconsin and 7th ranked Penn State. However, he also barely escaped with a win against an unranked Army team in double overtime in week two of the season.

The Irish seem to getting better, while the Wolverines continue to play inconsistently. Therefore, the advantage at the head coach position goes to Brian Kelly and Notre Dame Football.

*Totals include vacated wins