In an era of authoritarian college football coaches – distant, growling monarchs named Woody and Bear and Bo – the man in charge at Notre Dame told his players this: “Don’t call me Coach. Call me Ara.

Ara Parseghian, who returned the Notre Dame football program to national prominence in the 1960s and '70s, died Wednesday. He was 94. Before Parseghian arrived in 1964, Notre Dame struggled through ...

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Ara Parseghian reached the pinnacle of his profession at Notre Dame and endured the most painful personal losses as a father and grandfather. He walked away from coaching at the age of 51 after ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Ara Parseghian was remembered as a championship football coach, mentor, tireless fundraiser for medical research and gentleman of the first order during his funeral Mass and the ...

Pat Fitzgerald sees the framed photo every day the Northwestern football coach is in his office. It’s an image of a beaming Fitzgerald, then 35, walking practically arm in arm with Ara Parseghian. The ...

Ara Parseghian, who took over a foundering Notre Dame football program and restored it to glory with two national championships in 11 seasons, has died. He was 94. University of Notre Dame President ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Ara Parseghian was remembered as a championship football coach, mentor, tireless fund-raiser for medical research and gentleman of the first order during his funeral Mass and a ...

Ara Parseghian was remembered as a championship football coach, mentor, tireless fund-raiser for medical research and gentleman of the first order during his funeral Mass and a memorial celebration ...