Ohio State linebackers coach James Laurinaitis and Notre Dame coach Marcus Freemans have been close friends since their ...

Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman, shortly after being promoted in December 2021, lured James Laurinaitis away from ...

His return could be a win-win. Ohio State gets back a linebacker it can trust, and is capable of leading a young room that ...

Along with Freeman and defensive coordinator Al Golden, who coached linebackers for a total of four seasons in the NFL, Sneed feels fortunate to have drawn lessons from both Laurinaitis and Bullough.

“We both wanted the same things.” They starred together at Ohio State before Laurinaitis became a star linebacker in an eight-year NFL career. Freeman's NFL career was brief before becoming a coac ...