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Did Kelly misspeak or is Marcus Freeman coach in waiting? by StetsonDan

Brian Kelly was part of an NBC podcast entitled "Race and Sports in America: Conversations" where he said the following in a discussion about changing hiring practices away from the good old boys network.

"My Director of Football Operations [Olivia Mitchell] is a woman. And she'll kick anybody’s butt any day in every metric as it comes to doing the job in football.
My Defensive Coordinator [Marcus Freeman] is black. And he's going to be the next head coach."

Here's the transcript from Tom Loy:

The podcast is at the link (fast forward to 47:30).

Is Marcus Freeman the head coach in waiting at ND or did Kelly mean that Freeman will soon be hired as a head coach somewhere?

A brief video clip of this is in the following tweet so Andy doesn't have to listen to a podcast:

Did BK just break some news here on golf channel or????#TheFreemanFactor@StadiumDude @kangolrx @JackSacco @NDrules43 @ldock93 pic.twitter.com/rw7o53f9h8

— Always Irish ☘️ (@jkznd4) August 25, 2021