Ara

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Mark O. Hubbard is the author of Undisputed: Notre Dame, National Champions 1966 and the co-author of Forgotten Four: Notre Dame's Greatest Backfield and the 1953 Undefeated Season.

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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.

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Foreword by Rocky Bleier

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

First Quarter (1923-1943)

1. Roots

2. Kathleen

3. Conwell Findley

4. The Player

Second Quarter (1944-1963)

5. Oxford

6. Football Is a Coaches' Game

7. Northwestern

8. Ted, Ned, and Moose

Third Quarter (1964-1974)

9. First Things

10. Winning Mindset

11. Sidelines

12. Strategy

13. The Playbook

14. Games That Mattered, 1964-1966

15. Fans and Nuts

16. Home and Away

17. Tug of War

18. No Joke

19. Games That Mattered, 1967-1974

Fourth Quarter (1975-2017)

20. Decision Time

21. Second Half

22. About an Eight

23. At the Podium

24. Hall of Fame

25. Bittersweet

26. Dear Coach

27. The Look and the Voice

28. Report Card

29. Last Respects

Epilogue