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Ara Parseghian: Did any other "great" coach walk away so young?
Posted on 1/3/15 at 7:55 am
Posted on 1/3/15 at 7:55 am
Ara Parseghian is now 91 years old and no doubt has lived a long and fulfilled life.
My question: has any other coach considered among the all-time greats just completely walked away from the game at the relatively young age of 51 and never returned?
It's unreal that he was never lured into coaching again after leaving Notre Dame in 1974. I know the 80's were not the era of big coaching money, but coaching salaries were increasing from the pittance they were before then.
Ara has always been an enigma to me. He was as intense as they come and undoubtedly an all-time great college coach.
I just figured that, somewhere over the decades, he might have returned for a successful swan song, similar to Dick Vermeil.
My question: has any other coach considered among the all-time greats just completely walked away from the game at the relatively young age of 51 and never returned?
It's unreal that he was never lured into coaching again after leaving Notre Dame in 1974. I know the 80's were not the era of big coaching money, but coaching salaries were increasing from the pittance they were before then.
Ara has always been an enigma to me. He was as intense as they come and undoubtedly an all-time great college coach.
I just figured that, somewhere over the decades, he might have returned for a successful swan song, similar to Dick Vermeil.
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Posted on 1/3/15 at 7:59 am to timlan2057
Interviewing with LSU on Monday
Posted on 1/3/15 at 8:15 am to timlan2057
Bill Walsh
Posted on 1/3/15 at 8:23 am to timlan2057
Bill Cowher
Posted on 1/3/15 at 8:25 am to Off McVoy
JJ.
Posted on 1/3/15 at 8:26 am to timlan2057
Wayne Fontes
Posted on 1/3/15 at 8:27 am to timlan2057
Wasn't Wilkinson pretty young when he quit the first time?
This post was edited on 1/3/15 at 8:46 am
Posted on 1/3/15 at 8:28 am to brgfather129
Rich Kotite
Posted on 1/3/15 at 8:30 am to timlan2057
Gruden's just now 51.
Posted on 1/3/15 at 9:39 am to timlan2057
john madden
Posted on 1/3/15 at 9:50 am to timlan2057
It seems to be relatively common to answer your question
Posted on 1/3/15 at 10:01 am to timlan2057
Some people make their money and want to get out of the stressful situations they are in. I don't blame them one bit.
Posted on 1/3/15 at 10:06 am to timlan2057
I can't think of many hall of fame college coaches who retired that early. I think he has said that 10 years at ND will feel like 20 years with the pressure to win and travel. One thing that's different at ND is the amount of travel that their recruiters have to do since there is no in-state recruiting base. So they have to go far and wide to get guys who can play and pass admissions.
Posted on 1/3/15 at 10:16 am to bayoujd
Dick Vermeil 1.0
Joe Gibbs 1.0
Jimmy Johnson
Joe Gibbs 1.0
Jimmy Johnson
Posted on 1/3/15 at 10:28 am to timlan2057
Broadcasting $$$
Posted on 1/3/15 at 11:42 am to timlan2057
He was a head coach, between Miami, Northwestern, & the Irish, for 24 years. For someone born in an era who's life expectancy is below 60, that' a pretty good chuck of your life. His family also had significant medical issues.
Posted on 1/3/15 at 2:04 pm to timlan2057
Bud Wilkinson retired at 47.
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