A team is a team is a team. Shakespeare said that many times.

These factors resulted in Devine leaving the Packers on December 16 1974 to become the head coach at the University of Notre Dame. Devine was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1985. Devine acknowledged the pressure of the position but had the benefit of not immediately following legendary coach Vince Lombardi.

Devine was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1985. He served as the head coach football coach at Arizona State University from 1955 to 1957 the University of Missouri from 1958 to 1970 and the University of Notre Dame from 1975 to 1980 compiling a career college football mark of 173–56–9. Devine was also the head coach of the National Football League's Green Bay Packers from 1971 to 1974 tallying a mark of 25–27–4.