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title	:	Gerry Faust : The Golden Dream
author	:	Faust, Gerry.; Love, Steve
publisher	:	Sports Publishing, Inc.
isbn10 | asin	:	1571671188
print isbn13	:	9781571671189
ebook isbn13	:	9780585130415
language	:	English
subject	Faust, Gerry, Football coaches--United States--Biography, University of Notre Dame--Football, Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Football team) , University of Akron--Football.
publication date	:	1997
lcc	:	GV939.F28A3 1997eb
ddc	:	796.332
subject	:	Faust, Gerry, Football coaches--United States--Biography, University of Notre Dame--Football, Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Football team) , University of Akron--Football.

Page i Gerry Faust: The Golden Dream Gerry Faust Steve Love SAGAMORE PUBLISHING Champaign, IL 61820

Page ii 1997 Gerry Faust All rights reserved. Book design, editor: Susan M. McKinney Dustjacket, photo insert design: Julie L. Denzer ISBN: 1-57167-118-8 Printed in the United States.

Page iii For my parents, Alma and Fuzzy, who are with God but who taught me right from wrong and did it with so much love. For Marlene, my wife of 33 years, who has been my guiding light and friend. For my three children, Julie Marie, Gerry and Steve, who are the greatest wins of my life. For Brother Lawrence Eveslage, S.M., who believed in me and hired me as Moeller's first football coach. For Father Lawrence Krusling and Father James Riehle, C.S.C., both men of God whose friendship and guidance I cherish. For Father Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., and Father Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., who gave me the opportunity to live The Golden Dream. G.F. For Jacquelyn, my wife, my editor and, above all, my best friend. S.L.

Page v Contents Acknowledgments vii Foreword viii 1 The Golden Dream 1 2 The Great Leap 29 3 The Mystique 43 4 Recruiting as if Your Life Depended On It 61 5 It's Not the Man, It's the Position 95 6 The First Season 113 7 The Phantom Season 135 8 Bowling We Will Go 157 9 The Comeback Team 179 10 Leaving or Staying? 199 11 Saying Goodbye to the Golden Dream 214 12 Decisions, Decisions 247 13 Different Journeys: From Akron to Lourdes 265 14 There's No Place Like Home 311 15 Saturdays Aren't the Same 333 The Faust Records 356

Page vii Acknowledgments The authors offer their heartfelt thanks to the following persons who relieved good times and bad for the sake of The Golden Dream: From the Notre Dame years: Father Edmund P. Joyce, Father James Riehle, Brian Boulac, Bob Crable, Gene Corrigan, Art Decio, John Heisler, Roger Valdiserri and Mike Leep. And from the Akron years, where truths were seldom close to the surface and not always without pain: Dr. William V. Muse, Dave Adams, Jim Dennison, Ray Meyo, Bill Greenzalis, Ralph Staub, Rudy Sharkey and Bob LaCivita. In a category by themselves are two persons who shared all the years and have heard all the stories before, because they were part of most of them: Marlene Faust, wife and friend, and Ken Schneider, attorney and friend. For their support, their patience and their assistance in the editorial process, the authors, singularly or together, owe a debt of gratitude to the following persons: Jacquelyn B. Love, Karen Heisler, Ken Krause, Father Edmund P.Joyce, John Heisler, Ted Mallo, Marion Ruebel and, most of all, Ray Meyo. Whatever is right about The Golden Dream, they made it so. Whatever is wrong is no fault of theirs.

Page viii Foreword Every Notre Dame fan remembers the story. How a high school football coach had a dream. How he got on his knees every day and prayed to the Blessed Mother for a chance to coach football at Notre Dame. Unheard of they said. A high school coach, even from powerful Moeller High in Cincinnati, would never get the job. But Gerry Faust kept praying and yes, miracles do happen, and one day he became the head coach of Notre Dame. It is impossible not to like Gerry Faust. He bounds into your life and overwhelms you with good feelings. He always seems to be there on the campus, at the banquets, at practice, at the games. He is as much a part of Notre Dame as anyone I know. Sure, I wish his record was better. He does too. I remember sports publicity chief, Roger Valdiserri describing Faust's joy at getting the job. It was like a fairy tale come true. How he loved it. How he loved being a part of Notre Dame. It was such an exciting, heartwarming story. But today most of us only remember his record. Those five years. The 30 wins, 26 defeats, and one tie. It wasn't easy for him or for Notre Dame. The fans were restless. The alumni were grumbling. They kept hoping every year would be different. Unfortunately, it wasn't. If there ever was a story you wanted to have a happy ending, this was it. He was such a good guy. You hated the way it was coming down. And then one day it was over.

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