The death of former Notre Dame football coach Ara Parseghian spurred a memory for retired N.C. State golf coach Richard Sykes.
As Sykes recalled Tuesday: “I was at Wendell County Club one day and answered the phone and said, ‘Wendell Country Club. He said, ‘This is Ara Parseghian.’ I said, ‘Well, this is George Washington, what can I do for you?’”
It didn’t take long for Sykes, who coached the Pack for 46 years, to realize it wasn’t a prank call, that he was speaking to the Ara Parseghian, the one at Notre Dame.
“He chuckled a little and convinced me who it was,” Sykes said.