Ara Parseghian, Notre Dame coaching legend, dies at 94

Notre Dame head coach Ara Parseghian, center, and Navy head coach Rick Forzano talk during a game in Philadelphia in 1970. Parseghian, 94, died Wednesday at his home in Granger, Ind. (The Associated Press)SOUTH BEND, Ind. — 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 Rev. John Jenkins announced in a statement that Parseghian died at home at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Parseghian had recently returned to his home in Granger, Indiana, after spending more than a week in a nursing care facility in South Bend, Indiana. He was treated for an infection…