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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 football coach to lead six different programs to bowl games and the only coach to guide four different programs to the final top 15 rankings.
Lou Holtz Career Record: 33 Years, 249-132-7, .651 Win% (at major schools ) Bowl Record: 22 Games, 12-8-2, .591 Win% (at major schools ) More bio, uniform, draft info
Louis Leo Holtz. Born: January 16 in Follansbee, WV. College: Kent St. College Coaching: View Records. Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free. Get Stats, Coaching Records, Team Ranks, Coordinators, and more for Lou Holtz on Pro-football-reference.com.
Holtz played and coached in more than ten CFB programs in a career that spanned almost half a century. After retiring from coaching, he had a stint on TV as a football analyst. Holtz’s...
In 1960, Lou Holtz began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Iowa, following which he assisted at William & Mary (1961–1963), Connecticut (1964–1965), South Carolina (1966–1967) and Ohio State (1968).
Holtz became the 25th head coach of Notre Dame (1986-1996) following two seasons at Minnesota (1984-1985), seven at Arkansas (1977-1983), four at North Carolina State (1972-1975), and three at William & Mary (1969-1971) where his head coaching career began at the age of 32.
One of the most affable college head coaches of his generation, Holtz won 249 games as with 100 of those victories earned at Notre Dame from 1986 through 1996. He led the Irish to the 1988 National Championship with a 12-0 record and victory over West Virginia in the Fiesta Bowl.
The only coach in NCAA history to lead six different programs to bowl games, Coach Lou Holtz was a fixture in the college football coaching landscape for more than three decades. Best known for his tenure at Notre Dame, Holtz led the Fighting Irish to the 1988 National Championship and 100 wins.
He began his long football coaching career as an assistant at the University of Iowa (1960), where he earned a master's degree in arts and education. He then served as an assistant college coach at William & Mary (1961-63), Connecticut (1964-65), South Carolina (1966-67), and Ohio State (1968).
Former William and Mary head coach Lou Holtz will be enshrined in the National Football Foundation's College Football Hall of Fame this weekend, honoring a thirty-six-year career in which he lead six different college programs to bowl appearances.