Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach Marcus Freeman is in demand, thanks to taking the Irish to the national championship game against the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Is Marcus Freeman a candidate for the Chicago Bears opening? Here's everything to know about the NFL rumors surrounding Notre Dame's head coach:

Despite signing a contract extension at Notre Dame, the Chicago Bears won't go away from pursuing Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman.

Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman and defensive coordinator Al Golden were linked to the NFL ahead of their appearance in the College Football Playoff national championship. The Chicago Bears were interested in interviewing Freeman.

The Chicago Bears are clearly planning to be quite thorough in this head coaching cycle. The franchise has confirmed seven interviews with top candidates already and a few more still will come this week. On Sunday, NFL Network's Tom Pelissero linked the Bears with another candidate— and this one is a genunine surprise.

Notre Dame football head coach Marcus Freeman was given a significant award a few days after the college football season ended. The third-year head coach led the Fighting Irish to the National Championship game this season,

ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit believes that Notre Dame will continue to achieve immense success under head coach Marcus Freeman despite losing to Ohio State in the CFP National Championship

Of course, the last we saw of Notre Dame's defense was giving up 34 points to Ohio State in the national championship, but... no one stopped the Buckeyes this year. Overall, it wa

Marcus Freeman made history Monday night becoming the first African American and Asian American to be a head coach in a National Championship college football game. However, for the third time, Freeman failed to win the championship.