win coming over a team that would be the eventual tournament champion. The 1954 win in the NCAA tournament over Indiana prevented IU from back-to-back national titles after claiming the 1953 NCAA Tournament Title. The 1978 win over Marquette was another instance of the Irish defeating the defending national champion. The 1948 win over Kentucky saw the Irish defeat the eventual Tournament champion who would go on to win both the 1948 and 1949 titles. The 1948 win over NYU was a victory over the eventual NIT runner-up, in a time where the prestige of the NIT tournament rivaled that of the NCAA tournament. Also of note is that the 2005 win over Boston College and the 2012 win over Syracuse saw 20–0 teams traveling to South Bend and leaving with their first loss of the season. Boston College, in its final year as a member of the Big East, set the record for most consecutive wins by a Big East team to start a season. The 2012 Syracuse team began the game against the Irish with the goal of breaking Boston College's record. As in 2005, the Irish defeated Syracuse and cemented their place as the streak stopper. Notes Coaches Current coaching staff The current coaching staff is as follows. Head Coach – Mike Brey Associate Head Coach – Rod Balanis Assistant Coach – Ryan Humphrey Interim Assistant Coach – Scott Martin Director of Basketball Operations – Harold Swanagan All-time coaching records Mike Brey became the all-time wins leader for Notre Dame head coaching. It was in an 88-58 win against North Carolina State in the 2017-18 season. Coaching awards National Coach of the Year Digger Phelps – 1974 (UPI), 1987 (Basketball Weekly) Mike Brey – 2011 (AP, Henry Iba Award, CBS Sports.com, Sports Illustrated), 2012 (Jim Phelan Coach of the Year Award) Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award Mike Brey – 2008 Big East Coach of the Year John MacLeod – 1997 Mike Brey – 2007, 2008, 2011 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) District V Coach of the Year Mike Brey – 2011, 2012 Players National Players of the Year Austin Carr – 1971 – AP, UPI, Helms(shared) Adrian Dantley – 1976 – U.S. Basketball Writers Association John Moir – 1936 – Helms National Freshman of the Year Chris Thomas – 2002 – Basketball Times, Basketball News Consensus All-Americans Notre Dame leads all schools with 3