Cincinnati’s dream season came to an end on Friday in a 27-6 loss to Alabama in the College Football Playoff semifinal. Today we will discuss about Luke Fickell: Notre dame| Family| Press conference| post game
Luke Fickell: Notre dame| Family| Press conference| post game
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Luke Joseph Fikel (born August 18, 1973) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at the University of Cincinnati. He began his career at Ohio State University, first as a player and then as an assistant coach. He was interim head coach at OSU for the entire 2011 season and accepted the head football coaching position with the University of Cincinnati in 2016.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Cincinnati |
| Conference | AAC |
| Record | 48–15 |
| Annual salary | $3.4 million |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | August 18, 1973 Columbus, Ohio |
| Playing career | |
| 1993–1996 | Ohio State |
| 1997 | New Orleans Saints |
| Position(s) | Nose guard |
Notre dame
Cincinnati coach Luke Fikel said he is not paying much attention to rumors linking him to a vacant Notre Dame job ahead of one of the biggest games in the history of his program.
On Saturday, No. 4 Cincinnati will face No. 24 Houston in the AAC Championship and a chance to make the college football playoffs. But with Brian Kelly leaving South Bend for LSU, Fikel has emerged as a likely candidate to succeed Kelly at Notre Dame.
Family
When University of Cincinnati head football coach Luke Fikel says he can’t do without his wife, he’s telling the truth.
While the undefeated Bearcats coach is on the sidelines on Saturday, Amy Fikel is taking care of her kids – the kids can play football, volleyball and anywhere they need to go.
“It’s probably no different than any other mom. I do it mostly by myself — and there are six of them,” Fikel said.
Fickles’ youngest twins, Lakin and Lucian, are in first grade; Ashton and Aiden, his oldest twins, are in eighth grade; daughter Luca is a junior at St. Ursula; And son Landon is a freshman at UC. All kids have after-school activities.
Press conference
Cincinnati’s dream season ended in a 27-6 loss to Alabama in the college football playoff semifinals on Friday.
Luke Fikel’s first season in Cincinnati ended with a 4-8 scoreline. He was 44-6 in the last 4 seasons leading up to Friday’s game as the Bearcats put together a 13-0 season and became the first non-Power 5 team to make the playoff ground.
While the Bearcats found themselves within arm’s length of the Crimson Tide, eventually the Tide’s run game—powered by Brian Robinson Jr.—and a defense that registered 6 sacks, kept Fickell’s offense in check.
“We at least had the opportunity to step back here and reflect a little more and recognize where we came from,” Fikel said during his postgame press conference on Friday.
post game
University of Cincinnati head football coach Luke Fikel got caught in the trouble of a 27-6 loss to Alabama in his first post-playoff press conference on Friday night.
He ended it by describing the same loss as an “incredible inspiration” for the Bearcats’ football program.
There’s no doubt that UC was in the same area as Alabama on Friday night. Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban himself brushed off any notions to the contrary after the game.
But Saban’s due credit – and the fact that the Bearcats had their chances – only appeared to add to Fikel’s anguish.
