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LOS ANGELES -- Despite finishing with the schools worst record in nearly a decade, Brian Kelly said he expects to be back as Notre Dames head football coach next season.Oh yeah, absolutely, Kelly said Saturday night. There was some discussion as to why Im coming back [to campus] early, and I dont believe Im coming back early because Im getting fired. [Notre Dame athletic director] Jack [Swarbrick] and I always meet at the end of the year, and I wanted to do some exit interviews with our players because I hadnt been able to do that.I always stay on the West Coast for the week and then we get into bowl practice, but obviously we dont have bowl practice, and then they get into exams, so Im going to use next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to do exit interviews so I can spend a little time and get feedback from our players in terms of some of the things we may need to adjust within our program.A source told ESPNs Brett McMurphy, however, that Kelly, through his representatives, is exploring options to possibly leave the Fighting Irish program.?Notre Dame wrapped up a 4-8 regular season with a 45-27 loss to USC on Saturday night. It was the Fighting Irishs worst regular season since going 3-9 under Charlie Weis in 2007 and Kellys worst season since his first year at Central Michigan in 2004.Despite leading the Irish to bowl games in each of his first six seasons at the school, Kelly said he understands the talk about his job status after a subpar year.When youve been in this business a long time, you think youve got a track record of what youve done, but youre also at a high-profile institution like Notre Dame, where the expectations are really high, Kelly said. Youre going to have to answer those questions when you have a year like this. One side of you says, Look, this is my 25th year, I know what Im doing, but the other side of you understands you cant be surprised when you go 4-8. Youre going to get those questions asked.Kelly didnt rule out making changes to his coaching staff in the offseason after conducting his exit interviews and talking to Swarbrick.Everything is on the table, Kelly said. I think I have to evaluate a lot of things within the program. There are some really good things in place, but Ive always felt the blend of continuity and change is the sweet spot. We need to clearly look where that is, because it was off, and so I have to clearly look where that mix of continuity and change is. Ill get to work on it immediately, starting on Monday.One of the players Kelly said he would speak with is Notre Dame defensive lineman Jerry Tillery, who kicked USC running back AcaCedric Ware in the head while he was down and then stomped on the foot of USC offensive lineman Zach Banner while he was on the ground in the fourth quarter. Officials saw only the second incident and flagged Tillery for unsportsmanlike conduct.I did not [see the plays], Kelly said. I know he got a personal foul penalty, and I subsequently took him out of the game. I had a conversation with him. Anytime a player has a personal foul penalty, I pull them out and have a conversation with them. I did that with Jerry, but I did not see [the plays].Accountability is built within any program. Jerry has to be accountable for his actions every single day. Jerry is a good kid, and if he made a mistake well hold him accountable for that mistake. Well take a look at it.Tillery was not made available to the media after the game.Kelly held his players from going into the locker room at halftime and huddled them up in the rain on the visiting sideline at the Coliseum. Kelly said the meeting had more to do with the cramped quarters of the Coliseums visiting locker room and not the fact that USC had scored two touchdowns in a span of 17 seconds to take a 24-7 lead at the break.Its a very difficult place to talk, Kelly said. Its broken up, and I cant see their eyes. I cant see them and talk to them. I needed to make a couple of important points, and I had already thought about this prior to the game. 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Webber, who is fifth in the championship, earned his second pole from the past three races and 13th of his career. MACON, Ga. -- Demetre Rivers had 16 points and Rian Holland added 15 as Mercer knocked off Radford 58-47 in the opening round of the Savannah Invitational on Tuesday night.Rivers had a perfect night, making all seven attempts from the floor, including one trey, and made both free throw attempts. Holland also had eight rebounds, two steals, and dished out four assists for Mercer (3-1). Jordan Strawberry chipped in 10 points.Mercer took a 27-14 lead into the break and stretched that to 40-23 midway of thee second half.dddddddddddd Trailing 45-29 with 8:31 left Christian Lutete and Caleb Tanner nailed back-to-back 3-pointers and Lutete hit a jump shot and made a free throw as Radford closed to 45-38 with 4:45 left.Mercers Ryan Johnson answered with a 3-point jumper and the Bears pulled away to win the first meeting between the schools.Tanner led Radford (1-3) with 12 points. 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