We’re deep into college football season and you can feel the thrill of excitement across campus for every home game. Notre Dame football is a valued tradition that brings the community together in so many ways. We’re proud to support this tradition with a variety of different titles, from a biography of one of Notre Dame’s most famous coaches, to a gorgeous photobook of campus, to a collection of unique archival photographs of Notre Dame football through the ages.
There’s the kickoff—take a look at our football books and see which one of them is a touchdown for you!
FIRST QUARTER: Learn what makes a football weekend at Notre Dame so special with Football Weekends!
Football Weekends tells the gameday story with over one hundred color photographs that bring the experience alive from the perspectives of many different groups, and its words add a context that is rich in the traditions, community connections, values, and spirit that make Notre Dame unique. Readers will enjoy deeper insights into Notre Dame football’s connections to all sorts of traditions—some profound, some trivial, but always bringing people closer to each other and to the past, present, and future.
SECOND QUARTER: Visit Ireland during the Emerald Isle Classic football game between Notre Dame and Navy and celebrate the university’s connection to Dublin and the rest of Ireland with Notre Dame’s Happy Returns!
When some thirty-five thousand Americans descended on Dublin, Ireland, for the Emerald Isle Classic football game between Notre Dame and Navy (played on September 1, 2012) at Aviva Stadium, the relationship between Notre Dame and the land and its people was celebrated throughout Dublin and the rest of Ireland. Now the allure of both Ireland and the Emerald Isle Classic football game are brought together in Notre Dame’s Happy Returns: Dublin, the Experience, the Game.
THIRD QUARTER: Take in the beauty of Notre Dame’s campus with This Place Called Notre Dame, featuring photos from Senior University Photographer Matt Cashore and captions by Notre Dame Magazine editor Kerry Temple.
Matt Cashore, a 1994 graduate of Notre Dame, has been photographing the university for over twenty years, and was named the 2016 University Photographer of the Year by the University Photographers Association of America. Kerry Temple is a 1974 Notre Dame graduate who has been writing about the university for forty years and serves as the editor of Notre Dame Magazine. Cashore and Temple have combined their talents in a magnificent new coffee-table book, This Place Called Notre Dame. Cashore’s photographs beautifully document campus life, capturing the quads, the architecture, the academics, football festivities, the faith life, and student fun of contemporary Notre Dame.
TIMEOUT: Take a moment to learn about the incredible history of Notre Dame in Thomas Blantz’s monumental The University of Notre Dame: A History, the most complete and up-to-date history of the university available.
The University of Notre Dame: A History tells the story of the renowned Catholic university’s growth and development from a primitive grade school and high school founded in 1842 by the Congregation of Holy Cross in the wilds of northern Indiana to the acclaimed undergraduate and research institution it became by the early twenty-first century. Blantz captures the strong connections that exist between Notre Dame’s founding and early life and today’s university. Alumni, faculty, students, friends of the university, and fans of the Fighting Irish will want to own this indispensable, definitive history of one of America’s leading universities.
FOURTH QUARTER: Read about Coach Ara Parseghian with a biography that 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 in Ara: The Life and Legacy of a Notre Dame Legend.
TOUCHDOWN: Celebrate the history of Notre Dame Football with breathtaking images from its beginnings in the late nineteenth century through today!
Fighting Irish Football spans the history of college football’s most storied program, featuring many never-before-seen photos from the vaults of the University of Notre Dame Archives. Expertly selected by Charles Lamb and Elizabeth Hogan, these incredible images capture the history of Notre Dame football—and of sports photography—from its beginnings in the late nineteenth century through today, with sections devoted to the coaches, players, fans, games, and venues. The photos are remarkable not only as historic artifacts, but as art, chosen for their striking composition, creative use of light, and unique photographic techniques. From the sport’s humble origins on campus to legendary Fighting Irish victories, Lamb and Hogan reveal the stories behind the game through these rare images and engaging, informative commentary.