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Charlie Weis says he’s likely done coaching

By Sam Richmond

Sep 13, 2014; Durham, NC, USA; Kansas Jayhawks head coach Charlie Weis on the sidelines against the Duke Blue Devils at Wallace Wade Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark Dolejs-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 13, 2014; Durham, NC, USA; Kansas Jayhawks head coach Charlie Weis on the sidelines against the Duke Blue Devils at Wallace Wade Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark Dolejs-USA TODAY Sports /
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Former New England Patriots, Notre Dame and Kansas coach Charlie Weis told the South Bend Tribune that it’s unlikely he’ll ever coach again. 

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Charlie Weis is on the verge of calling it quits.

The former New England Patriots, Notre Dame and Kansas coach told the South Bend Tribune that it is unlikely he’ll ever coach again.

"I think it’s highly doubtful that I will ever coach again,” said the 58-year-old former Notre Dame head coach whose five-year regime in South Bend, punctuated by extremes, launched 10 seasons ago.Until Super Bowl Sunday, there was a chance the moment he walked away from coaching would be deferred. But the handful of NFL offers that came his way over the past few weeks didn’t sync up with his idea of a fit. And the positions on teams that did match that paradigm ended up going to someone else."

While Weis’ coaching career looked promising after he worked as the Patriots’ offensive coordinator from 2000-2004, he didn’t have much success in his final few years coaching. Weis went from the Patriots to Notre Dame as a head coach, where he won just 16 games from 2007-2009 after winning 19 games during his first two years with the team. Notre Dame fired Weis after the 2009 season.

Weis told the Tribune that does not hold ill will towards Notre Dame for firing him and even watched some of the school’s games following his firing.

"“I’m not mad at Notre Dame and I’m not mad at Kansas,” he said. “I don’t have one regret about leaving the NFL to take the Notre Dame job. I just wish I could have lasted longer.”He admits to watching Irish games this fall after he was let go, but not in their entirety and never in person.“I always felt if I went to a game, I’d almost be a distraction, like, ‘What is he doing here?’ ” Weis said. “My buddies tried to get me to go, but I just felt it wasn’t the right thing to do.”"

After coaching at Notre Dame, Weis worked as a coordinator for the Kansas City Chiefs (2010) and Florida (2011) before accepting the head coaching position at Kansas in 2012.

Weis went just 6-22 in three seasons at Kansas before being fired after the 2014 season.

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