Damon Huard
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"Damon Paul Huard" is a former American football quarterback. He is a Chief Administrator and fundraiser for the University of Washington football program. He was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent in 1996. Huard also played for the Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs. Huard played college football at Washington Huskies football/Washington. Huard won two Super Bowl/Super Bowl rings with the Patriots.

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And he was able to basically fall into the Notre Dame job.

That whole situation with Tom and Drew, that was a pretty trying time, ... A lot of times in the room, it wasn't the greatest working environment per se, but Charlie always found a way to make us all work together and make everybody get along.

Charlie Weis is as good of an offensive mind as I've been around. He's the best game-day coach I've ever been around. I'm a fan of his and the way he was able to motivate the offense and help people make plays and get them to win.

I was pushing for that and was in his corner, ... I thought he'd be a great fit. But then they [UW] stayed in-house, obviously.

The main thing was that he genuinely cared about us as people, ... And in pro football, that's pretty rare.

It's at Pitt, huh? Well, I'm pulling for Charlie. I hope Notre Dame wins.