Ara Parseghian

Ara Raoul Parseghian ( born May 21, 1923 in Akron, Ohio ) is an American former American football coach of Armenian descent. By coach stations at Miami University and at Northwestern University, he served from 1964 to 1974 as head coach of the University of Notre Dame, with the 1966 and 1973 he won the national championship of NCAA over the years. In recognition of his achievements as a coach, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1980, won the 1997 Amos Alonzo Stagg Award which is regarded as one of the most successful college football coach of all time.

Life

Ara Parseghian was born in 1923 in Akron in the U.S. state of Ohio, the son of Michael Parseghian, a survivor of the Armenian genocide, and Amelie Bonneau to the world, and was named BC after an Armenian king of the 9th century. He played after he had done his military service in the U.S. Navy, in the years 1946/1947 in the field of college football. Than Halfback for the team of Miami University In the All-America Football Conference, he was subsequently active 1948/1949 as a halfback and as a defensive back for the Cleveland Browns before he had to end his playing career due to injury.

In 1950, he began his coaching career as an assistant coach under head coach Woody Hayes at Miami University. After the change of Hayes at Ohio State University Ara Parseghian took over from 1951 to 1955 the position of the Head coach at his alma mater. He then worked until 1963 in the same capacity at Northwestern University. From 1964 to 1974, he then served as head coach at the University of Notre Dame. After his retirement as coach after the 1974 season, he was from 1975 to 1981 for the ABC and from 1982 to 1988 worked for the CBC as a sports commentator.

Ara Parseghian is married and father of three children. His philanthropic activities include in addition to the activity on behalf of a cure for multiple sclerosis in particular the establishment of the Ara Parseghian Medical Research Foundation in 1994 to support research into the causes and treatment of Niemann- Pick disease type C. In the 1993 released movie Rudy over the Notre Dame player Rudy Ruettiger he is portrayed by Jason Anthony Miller.

Sporting achievements and awards

Ara Parseghian, including its overall record as head coach 170 wins and 58 defeats and six draws, won with the team the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the years 1966 and 1973, the national championship of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA ) and the 1973 Sugar Bowl and 1974 Orange Bowl. The team was placed during his time as a coach, which is referred to in the sports history of the University of Notre Dame as "the Era of Ara " at the end of each season nationally among the 15 best teams, scoring in six of the eleven years of the five best teams. With the Miami Redskins, he also won in 1954 and 1955, the Championship of the Mid- American Conference.

Ara Parseghian was 1964 and 1966 awards from various institutions as Coach of the Year and 1997 by the American Football Coaches Association Amos Alonzo Stagg named after Amos Alonzo Stagg Award. In 1980, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Near the stage of the University of Notre Dame, a sculpture was erected in 2007, which represents Ara Parseghian on the shoulders of his players. John Huarte, who played under Ara Parseghian as quarterback of the Fighting Irish, was in 1964 awarded the Heisman Trophy for the best college football player.