"Eugene F. "Gene" Corrigan" is a former lacrosse player, coach of lacrosse and soccer, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head men's lacrosse coach at Washington and Lee University from 1956 to 1958 and at the University of Virginia from 1959 to 1967, compiling a career college lacrosse record of 67–64. Corrigan was also the head men's soccer coach at Washington and Lee from 1955 to 1957 and at Virginia from 1958 to 1965, tallying a career college soccer mark of 55–49–9. From 1981 to 1987 Corrigan was the athletic director at the University of Notre Dame. He served as the commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) from 1987 to 1997.

Corrigan was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum/Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2007.

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But sometimes you find that one guy who has just the right intangibles for the job he's in. I think that's Charlie at Notre Dame. I'd be surprised if he doesn't get them back in the national mix again, and I think it'll happen pretty darn fast. When he wound up with the job, I said then, 'This is probably going to be their next Lou Holtz.'

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There's some urgency. Then again, there's always some urgency when you're talking about Notre Dame football.

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Tom was the one who figured that out. Tom is the one who led us here.

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There are just dozens and dozens of quality football coaches out there.

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There's no more pressure in any other coaching job in the country, ... Not everyone is cut out to coach football at Notre Dame. But I think Charlie is. That's why I think they eventually got the best person for the job even though there might have been some detours before it happened.

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