Ara Parseghian, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ara Parseghian

American football player and coach

Date of Birth: 21-May-1923

Place of Birth: Akron, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 02-Aug-2017

Profession: coach, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Ara Parseghian

  • Ara Raoul Parseghian (; May 21, 1923 – August 2, 2017) was an American football player and coach who guided the University of Notre Dame to national championships in 1966 and 1973.
  • He is noted for bringing Notre Dame's Fighting Irish football program from years of futility back into a national contender in 1964 and is widely regarded alongside Knute Rockne and Frank Leahy as a part of the "Holy Trinity" of Notre Dame head coaches.Parseghian grew up in Akron, Ohio, and played football beginning in his junior year of high school.
  • He enrolled at the University of Akron, but soon quit to join the U.S.
  • Navy for two years during World War II.
  • After the war, he finished his college career at Miami University in Ohio, and went on to play halfback for the Cleveland Browns of the All-America Football Conference in 1948 and 1949.
  • Cleveland won the league championship both of those years. Parseghian's playing career was cut short by a hip injury.
  • He left the Browns and took a job as an assistant coach at Miami of Ohio.
  • When head coach Woody Hayes left in 1951 to coach at Ohio State University, Parseghian took over his job.
  • He stayed in that position until 1956, when he was hired as head coach at Northwestern University in Illinois.
  • In eight seasons there, he amassed a win-loss-tie record of 36–35–1 and helped turn a perennial loser into a consistent contender in the national polls.
  • Parseghian's success attracted the interest of Notre Dame, which had not posted a winning record in five straight seasons.
  • He was hired as coach in 1964 and quickly turned the program around, coming close to capturing a national championship in his first year.
  • He proceeded to win two national titles in 11 seasons as coach of the Fighting Irish, a period often referred to as "the Era of Ara".
  • He never had a losing season at Notre Dame and posted an overall record of 95–17–4, giving him the third-most wins of any coach in school history after Rockne and Lou Holtz. Parseghian retired from coaching in 1974 and began a broadcasting career calling college football games for ABC and CBS.
  • He also dedicated himself to medical causes later in life after his daughter was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and three of his grandchildren died of a rare genetic disease.
  • Parseghian was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1980.
  • His career coaching record is 170–58–6.

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