Emphasis Preaching Journal

Credentials are important. When George O'Leary was hired by Notre Dame University to become its next football coach, he had spent eight years successfully leading the program at Georgia Tech. As part of the fanfare surrounding his arrival as new coach for the Irish, O'Leary's resume was widely published. Among the items listed were his academic credentials. That listing included a degree he had not attained, a Master's from NYU, and a letter he had not earned, for football at New Hampshire.