Marcus Freeman modernizing Notre Dame football with push from Navy SEALs

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SOUTH BEND, IN – Marcus Freeman spends time briefly living on an active United States Navy aircraft carrier. Training with Navy SEALs. Turning the NFL’s apparent infatuation with Notre Dame’s 40-year-old football coach into a chance to enhance his Fighting Irish program.

“It’s about serving something greater than yourself,” Freeman tells USA TODAY Sports about the past two summers featuring personal growth with active units of the United States military. “Those men and women there that serve our country, it’s something bigger than who they are as a person. A sense of purpose that’s of service to others.

I think it’s something absolutely incredible. ” POST-SPRING POWER RANKINGS: Big Ten | SEC | Big 12 | ACC TOO-EARLY TOP 25: New No. 1 leads college football after spring practice Freeman does not lend much of his attention nor time to social media.