Relatives Of Legendary Notre Dame Coach Hold Ties To Oklahoma - News9.com - Oklahoma City, OK - News, Weather, Video and Sports |

NEWS

Relatives Of Legendary Notre Dame Coach Hold Ties To Oklahoma

Posted: Updated:
By Steve Shaw, News 9 - bio | email
Chris and Jon Kochendorfer are great grandsons of legendary Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne. Chris and Jon Kochendorfer are great grandsons of legendary Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne.
NORMAN, Oklahoma -

Among the 82,000-plus fans who will be at Saturday's OU-Notre Dame game will be descendants of perhaps the greatest college football coach ever. 

Chris and Jon Kochendorfer are great grandsons of legendary Notre Dame coach Knute Rockne. Rockne died in a plane crash in 1931 at just age 43.

The Kochendorfer's say while people have pronounced their great grandfather's first name "Noot" for decades, his real first name is pronounced "Ka-Noot". However, they say their granddad never made a big deal about it.

"Had he not passed away, he would have gone on to do other great things," Chris Kochendorfer said. 

Knute Rocke won 105 games and three national titles in 13 years at Notre Dame.

Special Features

Desktop Radar

Know when severe weather moves into Oklahoma! Download the I-News Desktop Radar.

iPhone App

Get breaking news, weather, sports & video directly on your iPhone.

Mobile Alerts

Get breaking news, headlines, weather alerts & more on your cell phone.

Classifieds

Use our free classifieds to find the things you need or sell your items.

TV Schedule

Need to know what's on TV? Check out our television schedule.

Live Radar

ESP Interactive
Powered by WorldNow
News 9
7401 N. Kelley Ave.
Oklahoma City, OK 73111
OKLAHOMA CITY'S OWN TM
Oklahoma's Own News9.com is proud to provide Oklahomans with timely and relevant news and information, sharing the stories, pictures and loves of Oklahomans across our great state including Oklahoma City's Own.
NEWS
WEATHER
FEATURED
DIGITAL NETWORK
All content © Copyright 2000 - 2013, WorldNow and KWTV. All Rights Reserved. For more information on this site, please read our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.