<img src="https://map.nd.edu/images/placemarks/1039-rocke-memorial.jpg" alt="Rockne Memorial" /><p>"The Rock" was built in memory of Knute Rockne, Notre Dame football coach from 1918 to 1931 and, by percentage, the winningest coach in college football. This recreational facility for students, faculty and staff opened in 1937. It contains a swimming pool, weight rooms, and courts for handball, basketball, squash, and racquetball. Large bas-relief figures representing various sports adorn the exterior walls, and over the entrances are the seals of the U.S., Norway, France, and the U.S. military and naval academies. Norway and France were the birthplaces of Rockne and the Congregation of Holy Cross. West Point and Annapolis, of course, are long-standing football rivals of the Fighting Irish. Inside is a bronze bust of Rockne.</p><ul class="links"> <li><a href="http://recsports.nd.edu/facilities/rockne-memorial">Website</a></li> <li><a href="http://tour.nd.edu/locations/rockne-memorial-gymnasium">Virtual Tour</a></li> </ul>