Lou Holtz

Lou Holtz

06-Jan-1937


United States


Coach

Louis Leo Holtz (born January 6, 1937) was a former American footballer, coach and commentator. He has served as a football coach at The College of William & Mary (1969-1971), North Carolina State University (1972-1975), New York Jets (1976), University of Arkansas (1977-1983), University of Minnesota (1984-1985), the University of Notre Dame (1986-1996), and the University of South Carolina (1999–2004), compiling a 249–132–7 work record. Notre Dame's 1988 Holtz team went out 12-0 with a victory in the Fiesta Bowl and became a national consensus champion. Holtz is the only college football coach to lead six different sports programs and the only coach to lead four different programs in the top 20.

QUOTES BY Lou Holtz


Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity.

Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired.

I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.

When all is said and done, more is said than done.

Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.

If you burn your neighbors house down, it doesn't make your house look any better.

On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job.

You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

In the successful organization, no detail is too small to escape close attention.

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