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Charlie Weis arrived at Notre Dame flashing Super Bowls rings and talking about outscheming opponents. He leaves one of college football’s most prestigious programs without even matching the records of the two men who were fired before him.

Athletic director Jack Swarbrick announced the decision to let Weis go on Monday and said during a campus news conference that the school has not contacted any potential replacements.

The search for a new coach will begin immediately and will be finished “as fast as we possibly can,” Swarbrick said.

Notre Dame (6-6) finished the season on a four-game losing streak that made Weis’ firing seem inevitable, though the athletic director insisted it wasn’t.

“For many of you who may have thought that was a foregone conclusion, I would say to you that the decision was harder than you might have thought, principally because of the man it involved,” Swarbrick said, adding there was a huge gulf between the coach’s brash image and personal style. He said Weis called him on Monday to see how the AD was doing.

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