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The authorized biography of Coach Ara Parseghian Ara The Life and Legacy of a Notre Dame Legend captures the personality courage and character of a great man who faced adversity on and off the field Through his unprecedented access to Ara Parseghian s personal files author Mark O Hubbard explores the coach s innovative philosophy organization strategy tactics and motivational techniques with details to satisfy even the most knowledgeable football aficionado Hubbard chronicles Ara s childhood and Catholic upbringing his success as a football player and the development of his coaching credentials at Miami of Ohio and Northwestern before delving into his sensational career at the University of Notre Dame From the moment Ara arrived on campus the student body and the players were electrified and Ara s first season concluded with a dramatic reversal of the Fighting Irish s fortunes as they competed for the national title The Hall of Famer remains one of the most successful football coaches in Notre Dame history amassing a career record of 95 17 4 and leading the Fighting Irish to undisputed national championships in 1966 and 1973 After retiring from coaching Ara became a successful businessman and television commentator but his finest hours were spent in humanitarian causes raising millions of dollars for medical research after members of his family were stricken with multiple sclerosis and Niemann Pick Type C Peppered with historical context and humor this lively biography of a Notre Dame legend will delight all sports fans providing a chance to revisit college football s golden age Ara The Life and Legacy of a Notre Dame LegendI was drawn to this book because of Ara s Armenian heritage I m not really a football person and know basically nothing about American football I can see how this book would appeal to readers who follow college university football The majority of it is about how Ara coached how he got introduced to coaching the well known games the plays he came up with and the team stats I m not a football fan so I lost interest in these sections and skimmed a lot of it The parts about his family life and background were interesting to me It was nice to see the little snippets of Ara s prankster side too The chapter about Ara s dad s story and his path to coming to America was what was most interesting to me as it reminded me of stories I ve heard of my great grandparents how they and some of their family escaped the genocide and the aftermath of the escape The section about the Vietnam War was unexpected Although I understand it was part of Ara s life and his players I found it jarring to go from reading about football to reading about a war Thank you to the publisher and Edelweiss for sending me a digital ARC of this book Thank you to the author for choosing to write about coach Ara Parseghian his life and his accomplishments And thank you to Publisher s Weekly for hosting the grab a galley event 384 My review of this book will appear later this summer in Illinois Times 384