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. The pay wasn't much, so to get $300 more per year, I agreed to coach the golf team. I didn't even know how to keep score, and really, my main job was not to wreck the van on the way to tournaments.
My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961.
In football, it's the job of the player to play, the coach to coach, the official to officiate. Each guy is charged with upholding his end, nothing more. In golf, the player, coach and official are rolled into one, and they overlap completely. Golf really is the best microcosm of life - or at least the way life should be.
My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961.
It's not my job to motivate players. They bring extraordinary motivation to our program. It's my job not to de-motivate them.
My first assistant-coaching job in football was at William & Mary in 1961. The pay wasn't much, so to get $300 more per year, I agreed to coach the golf team. I didn't even know how to keep score, and really, my main job was not to wreck the van on the way to tournaments.
On this team, we're all united in a common goal: to keep my job.
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.