Marcus Freeman just told the rest of the country what team glory means at Notre Dame

While media days for most programs are about traveling to a venue with everyone else in the conference and sitting in front of assembled media offering up canned answers to a myriad of questions, the Notre Dame football program does things differently.

This year, the team is doing something more in line with what you might see during a movie press junket. Players and coaches are appearing on various talk shows and popping up around New York City to get the word out that they're ready for the 2025 season.

Marcus Freeman emphasizes team glory over personal accolades in Good Morning America interview

On Thursday, it was Notre Dame football head coach Marcus Freeman's turn to demonstrate his ability to handle the media frenzy as he appeared on Good Morning America and discussed several topics with Michael Strahan. One topic that stood out was how Freeman identifies "team glory" over "personal glory." His description followed Strahan's question about what he felt he owed to his success in South Bend.

"The people, the people you work with, the players," Freeman said. "You know, at the end of the day, I often tell our whole program that with success comes individual glory, right? Unfortunately, as the head coach, you have success. You earn coach of the year and those things. It's a reflection of team glory. It's a reflection of the players, the people in our program, pouring everything they have into having success. True teamwork."

Freeman went on to say that he grew up in a military family and that upbringing offered an approach he's tried to instill in others. What can also lead to team glory when done right.

"My father instilled in me routine, routine, getting up early, discipline, toughness, work ethic," the Notre Dame football head coach said. "And those are things that as a father and as a coach and a grown-up that I instill in myself but also into my children, right, is that routine and the hard work and, you know, those type of things that being a military child, you learn at an early age."