Lou Holtz
Lou Holtz
Louis Leo "Lou" Holtzis a former American football player, coach, and analyst. He served as the head football coach at The College of William & Mary, North Carolina State University, the University of Arkansas, the University of Minnesota, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of South Carolina, compiling a career record of 249–132–7. Holtz's 1988 Notre Dame team went 12–0 with a victory in the Fiesta Bowl and was the consensus national champion. Holtz is the only college...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth6 January 1937
CityFollansbee, WV
CountryUnited States of America
My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961.
Don't ever ask a player to do something he doesn't have the ability to do. He'll just question your ability as a coach, not his as an athlete.
Coaching is about helping young people have a chance to succeed. There is no more awesome responsibility than that. One of the greatest honors a person can have is being called 'Coach.'
Remember this. Bear Bryant retired at age 69, and he died 28 days after he stopped coaching. If you don't have something, and a purpose in your life, you're gonna die.
No matter how bad someone has it, there are others who have it worse. Remembering that makes life a lot easier and allows you to take pleasure in the blessings you have been given.
It's always better to face the truth, no matter how uncomfortable, than to continue coddling a lie.
I've said this all along, I don't know how good we can be because I haven't played anybody on our schedule. But at the same time, I look at it and say - 'We don't have anybody on our schedule that we've beaten that last three years,' ... So, I don't know how we compare to everybody, but I think with the way this team is working, they have chance, at least, to be competitive.
I should have put 'em on a bus. They got home in four hours, rather than four days.
Our defense is playing very well, ... They haven't given up the big play.
You get in that traditional punt formation and you spend hours trying to pick this up and that up. We didn't spend one-fifteenth that time in our spread-punt formation.
This Southern Cal team is capable of it, too. But I don't think they will. I just think Notre Dame really has a good shot at them.
This Southern Cal team is capable of it, too, ... But I don't think they will. I just think Notre Dame really has a good shot at them.
We had a lot of people call us. And a lot of people we played, they were all the sudden using it the next year.
The alumni buried me every week. The plots have a view of the dome. It's a better view if you're standing up than if you're laying down.