In Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football Firsts, John Heisler presents the stories behind the firsts in Fighting Irish history in question-and-answer format. More than a mere trivia book, Heisler’s collection includes substantive answers to the question of “who was the first…?” on a variety of topics, many of which will surprise even seasoned fans of the Golden Domers.
John Heisler spent more than forty years as a member of the University of Notre Dame athletics staff. He most recently served fourteen years as senior associate athletics director in South Bend. His tenure there also included sixteen years as the university’s sports information director beginning in 1988. He joined the University of Central Florida athletics staff as senior associate athletics director for strategic communications in July 2019.
Heisler has written, cowritten, or edited twelve books (all but one of those on Notre Dame football), one of them coauthored with Lou Holtz, a New York Times bestseller.