It’s been quite the last few months for Gino Guidugli.
After initially accepting a position at Wisconsin, Guiduigli is now headed to Notre Dame to be the quarterbacks coach, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel.
Guidugli was in the running for a couple head coaching jobs including his alma mater Cincinnati and reportedly at Western Michigan, he was set to join Luke Fickell, who took the Wisconsin head coaching job after leaving UC.
Six weeks later, Guidugli is on the move again, headed to Notre Dame.
Guidugli had been on University of Cincinnati’s staff since Fickell took over in 2017, serving as the quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator the past two seasons.
Guidugli was the Bearcats quarterback from 2001-04. He broke the school’s record for career passing yards, touchdown passes and completions during his time in Clifton. Prior to that, Guidugli was a standout basketball and football player at Highlands and was part of three state championship football teams from 1998-2000, being the starting QB in ’99 and ’00.
After finishing his Bearcats career with over 11,000 passing yards, Guidugli had a brief stint with the Tennessee Titans and then spent the next few years playing in the Canadian Football League and the Arena Football League.
He then got into the coaching ranks at Central Michigan, starting off as a graduate assistant, then a running backs/recruiting coordinator to eventually landing the offensive coordinator position before heading to Cincinnati to join Fickell.
Guidugli joins Marcus Freeman’s staff at Notre Dame, Freeman coming off his first season as head coach in which the Irish went 9-4 and won the Gator Bowl over South Carolina. Freeman served as Fickell’s defensive coordinator at Cincinnati from 2017-20 before becoming the defensive coordinator at Notre Dame in 2021.
Notre Dame’s offense will be under a new coordinator, Gerad Parker promoted from tight ends coach after Tommy Rees’ departure to Alabama to accept the same position. Parker is also a Kentucky native, hailing from Louisa in Lawrence County.
