He blamed assistant coaches and players for his failures and seen as a buffoon by many of them. And after that fourth season, he cried...literally cried...to a priest, Fr. Joyce, begging him for one more season. Not only was that undignified, everyone knew, and surely he did as well at some level, that he wasn't up to the job. By insisting on coming back for season five, he dug an even deeper hole for the program, punctuated by the humiliating loss to Miami. It was a lot like Biden insisting on running one more time. There had been several ND coaches who stepped down on their own. He should've done the same.
Replies to: "I have no doubt he was like that with you, but he was not beloved among many ND players."
- RIP Larry Williams! All American OT played for Coach Faust early 80`s kinda scary how he went. [NT]
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- bakedogg - 11:10pm 10/16/25
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- That's awful - RIP Larry - Nigel Tufnel - 5:53am 10/17/25
- The story goes Coach Faust was at the Grotto... - bakedogg - 6:20am 10/17/25
- Agree 100% [NT]
- faircatchcorby - 8:01am 10/17/25
- I had the honor of meeting Coach Faust 2x and this man was one of the good guys. - ELP - 9:41am 10/17/25
- I have no doubt he was like that with you, but he was not beloved among many ND players. - MAS - 7:42pm 10/17/25
- Who's guilty of the greater sin? Coach Faust or the fine folks who hired him out of HS? [NT] - ELP - 1:25am 10/18/25
- He would stop by the tail gate in his later years. Always a gentleman. [NT] - whatsamataU - 7:28pm 10/17/25
- I have no doubt he was like that with you, but he was not beloved among many ND players. - MAS - 7:42pm 10/17/25
- I had the honor of meeting Coach Faust 2x and this man was one of the good guys. - ELP - 9:41am 10/17/25
- Agree 100% [NT]
- faircatchcorby - 8:01am 10/17/25
- The story goes Coach Faust was at the Grotto... - bakedogg - 6:20am 10/17/25
- That was a dang good offensive Line in 82, it featured... - bakedogg - 11:11pm 10/16/25
- That's awful - RIP Larry - Nigel Tufnel - 5:53am 10/17/25