Holtz, Lou (1898–1980), comedian. Yiddish‐dialect comic, famed for his zany version of “O Sole Mio” with which he often ended his vaudeville act, he was born in San Francisco and made his vaudeville debut in 1914. A year later he made his Broadway debut in A World of Pleasure. Thereafter, he moved back and forth between two‐a‐day and the legitimate stage. Holtz was featured in such musicals as the 1919, 1920, and 1921 editions of George White's Scandals, The Dancing Girl (1923), Tell Me More (1925), Manhattan Mary (1927), You Said It (1931), Calling All Stars (1934), Priorities of 1942, and Star Time (1944). Popular mainly in cities with large Jewish communities, his highly ethnic humor was sometimes assailed for exceeding the boundaries of good taste.
Lou Holtz
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Quotes:
"Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I'll show you someone who has overcome adversity."
"I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it."
"If he's got golf clubs in his truck or a camper in his driveway, I don't hire him."
"It's not my job to motivate players. They bring extraordinary motivation to our program. It's my job not to de-motivate them."
"Motivation is simple. You eliminate those who are not motivated."
"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it."
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Lou Holtz
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| Sport | Football | |
| Born | 1937 | |
| Place of birth | Follansbee,West Virginia | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | NCAA: 249-132-7 (8th All-Time Division I-A by victories) NFL: 3-10 |
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| Bowls | 12-8-2 | |
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| Championships | ||
| 1988 NCAA Division I FBS National Football Championship | ||
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| 1972 ACC Coach of the Year 1977 National Coach of the Year 1988 Paul "Bear" Bryant Award 2000 SEC Coach of the Year |
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| Playing career | ||
| 1956-57 | Kent State | |
| Position | Linebacker | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1969-71 1972-75 1976 1977-83 1984-85 1986-96 1999-2004 |
William & Mary N. Carolina St. New York Jets - NFL Arkansas Minnesota Notre Dame South Carolina |
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| College Football Hall of Fame, 2008 (Bio) | ||
Louis Leo "Lou" Holtz (born on January 4,1937 in Follansbee, West Virginia) is a former football head coach. Currently an author, television commentator, and motivational speaker, Holtz is the only coach in NCAA history to lead six different programs to bowl games and the only coach to guide four different programs to the final top 20 rankings. He is also a multiple winner of National Coach of the Year honors. After growing up in East Liverpool, Ohio, and graduating from East Liverpool High School, Holtz attended Kent State University. He is a member of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity, played football as an undersized linebacker and graduated in 1959. Over the years, the slender, bespectacled Holtz has become known for his quick wit and ability to inspire players. In 2005, Holtz joined ESPN as a college football analyst. On May 1, 2008, Holtz was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame.[1]
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Coaching career
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Holtz began his coaching career as a graduate assistant in 1960, at Iowa, where he received his master's degree. From there, he made stops as an assistant at William & Mary (1961–63), Connecticut (1964–65), South Carolina (1966–67) and Ohio State (1968). The Ohio State Buckeyes won the national championship during Holtz's season in Columbus.
William & Mary
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Holtz's first job as head coach was in 1969 at The College of William & Mary, then playing in the Southern Conference. In 1970, he led the William & Mary Indians (now Tribe) to the Southern Conference title and played in the Tangerine Bowl. Since Holtz's tenure there, The College of William & Mary has changed to NCAA Division I-AA.
North Carolina State
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In 1972, Holtz moved to North Carolina State and had a 31–11–2 record in four seasons. His Wolfpack teams played in four bowl games, going 2-1-1. Holtz received offers to become the Tulane head coach. He at first accepted the offer from David Dixon, the New Orleans Saints founder, then Holtz called Dixon saying he couldn't come to Tulane. North Carolina State was put on probation because of actions during Lou Holtz's Tenure.
New York Jets
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Holtz's lone foray into the professional ranks consisted of one season with the New York Jets in 1976. He resigned with one game remaining in the season after going 3–10.
Arkansas
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Holtz went to the University of Arkansas in 1977. In his seven years there, the Razorbacks compiled a 60–21–2 record and reached six bowl games. In his first season at Arkansas, he led them to a berth in the Orange Bowl against the Oklahoma Sooners, then coached by University of Arkansas alumnus Barry Switzer. The Sooners were in position to win their third national championship in four seasons, after top-ranked Texas lost earlier in the day to fifth-ranked Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl Classic. Holtz had suspended his team's top two running backs for the Orange Bowl, for disciplinary reasons. However, behind 205 yards rushing from reserve running back Roland Sales, the Hogs defeated the Sooners, 31–6. Holtz was dismissed following a 6–5 campaign in 1983.
Minnesota
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Holtz accepted the head coach job at the University of Minnesota before the 1984 season. The Golden Gophers had won only four games in the previous two seasons, but had a winning record in 1985 and were invited to the Independence Bowl, where they defeated Clemson, 20–13. Holtz did not coach the Golden Gophers in that bowl game, as he had already accepted the head coaching position at Notre Dame. He left the school in a wake of scandal and probation. His contract included a "Notre Dame clause" that allowed him to leave if that coaching job were to become available.
Notre Dame
In 1986, Holtz left Minnesota to take over the then-struggling Notre Dame Fighting Irish football program. A taskmaster and strict disciplinarian, Holtz had the names removed from the backs of the players' jerseys when he took over at Notre Dame, wanting to emphasize team effort. Except for the 1988 Cotton Bowl Classic against Texas A&M and the 2008 Hawaii Bowl, names have not been included on Notre Dame's team jerseys ever since. Although his 1986 squad posted an identical 5–6 mark that the 1985 edition had, five of their six losses were by a combined total of 14 points.[2] In the season finale against the archrival USC Trojans, Notre Dame overcame a 17-point fourth-quarter deficit and pulled out a 38-37 win over the stunned USC team.[2]
In his second season, Holtz led the Fighting Irish to an appearance in the Cotton Bowl Classic, where the Irish lost to the Texas A&M Aggies, 35–10.[2] The following year, Notre Dame won all eleven of their regular season games and defeated the third-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers, 34-21, in the Fiesta Bowl, claiming the NCAA Division I FBS National Football Championship. The 1989 squad also won their first eleven games (and in the process set a school record with a 23-game winning streak[2]) and remained in the #1 spot all season until losing to Miami in the season finale. A 21–6 win over Colorado in the Orange Bowl gave the Irish a second-place ranking in the final standings, as well as back-to-back 12-win seasons for the first time in school history.
Holtz's 1993 Irish team ended the season with an 11–1 record and ranked second in the final AP poll. Although the Florida State Seminoles were defeated by the Irish in a battle of unbeatens during the regular season and both teams had only 1 loss at season's end (Notre Dame lost to seventeenth-ranked Boston College), FSU was then voted national champion in the final 1993 AP and Coaches poll. Between 1988 and 1993, Holtz's teams posted an overall 64–9–1 record.[2] He also took the Irish to bowl games for nine consecutive seasons, still a Notre Dame record, and has referred to Notre Dame football as the "Michelangelo" of the NCAA.[2] Notre Dame was put on probation for gifts given to football players between 1993 and 1998.
On September 13, 2008 Lou Holtz was invited back to the campus where a statue of the former coach was unveiled. The ceremony took place during the weekend of the Notre Dame/Michigan game, almost twenty-two years to the day when Holtz coached his first Notre Dame team against the Wolverines.
First retirement
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Lou Holtz left Notre Dame after the 1996 season and walked away from a lifetime contract for undisclosed reasons. When pressed, all he would say was that "it was the right thing to do." Holtz believes everything happens for a reason, and he holds his Catholic faith and the belief in God very close to him. After the 1996 season, his wife was diagnosed with cancer. Holtz would later go on to believe that he retired so he could be with his wife during her time of crisis. He was succeeded by defensive coordinator Bob Davie.
In 1996, two members of the Minnesota Vikings's ownership board, Wheelock Whitney and Jaye Dyer, reportedly contacted Holtz. They wanted to bring him in to replace Dennis Green.[3] Of the rumors surrounding the reasons for Holtz's retirement, one of them was the possible Vikings head coaching position.[4]
South Carolina
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After two seasons as a commentator for CBS Sports, Holtz came out of retirement in 1999 and returned to the University of South Carolina, where he had been an assistant in the 1960s. The year before Holtz arrived, the Gamecocks went 1–10, and the team subsequently went 0-11, during Holtz's first season. In his second season, South Carolina went 8–4, winning the Outback Bowl over the heavily-favored Ohio State Buckeyes. The eight-game improvement from the previous year was the best in the nation in 2000 and the third best single-season turnaround in NCAA history.[5] In his third season, Holtz's success continued, leading the Gamecocks to a 9-3 record and another Outback Bowl victory over Ohio State. The nine wins for the season were the second highest total in the history of the program. Under Holtz's leadership, the Gamecocks posted their best two-year mark in school history from 2000-2001, going 17-7 overall and 10-6 in SEC play.
After consecutive 5-7 campaigns in 2002 and 2003, Holtz finished his South Carolina tenure on a winning note (6-5 record) in 2004. Holtz's time in Columbia saw the resurrection of Gamecock Football, as the program had only one bowl appearance and no Top 25 finishes in the ten years before his hire. Upon his exit, South Carolina had posted AP Top 25 finishes in 2000 and 2001 (#19 and #13 respectively) and had made consecutive New Year's Day bowls for the first time in its history.
Second retirement
On November 18, 2004, Holtz announced that he would retire at the end of the season. On November 21, 2004, the South Carolina-Clemson brawl took place during Holtz' last regular season game.[6] Instead of ending his career at a post-season bowl game, which was expected, the two universities announced that each would penalize their respective football programs for their unsportsmanlike conduct by declining any bowl game invitations.[6] At his last press conference as South Carolina's coach, Holtz said it was ironic that he and former Ohio State coach Woody Hayes both would be remembered for "getting into a fight at the Clemson game". Holtz also alluded to his assistance in recruiting his successor, Steve Spurrier.[6]
Books
Holtz is the author of five books.
- The Kitchen Quarterback, Parkin, 1980. (ASIN B0006XJC3C)
- The Fighting Spirit: A Championship Season at Notre Dame (co-written with John Heisler), Random House, 1991. (ISBN 0-671-67673-3)
- Winning Every Day, Collins, 1998. (ISBN 0-887-30904-6)
- Wins, Losses, and Lessons, William Morrow, 2006. (ISBN 0-06-084080-3)
- A Teen's Game Plan for Life (revised), Sorin Books, 2007. (ISBN 1-933495-09-X)
Broadcasting career
Holtz has worked for CBS Sports as a college football analyst and currently works in the same capacity for the cable network ESPN. He works on the secondary studio team, located in Bristol as opposed to the game site. He typically appears on pregame, halftime, and postgame shows of college football games. In addition, he appears on College Football Scoreboard, College Football Final, College Football Live, SportsCenter, and the occasional game. He typically partners with Rece Davis and Mark May. Holtz came under scrutiny after referencing Adolf Hitler in an on-air comment while appearing on College Football Live in 2008.[7][8] In his analysis of Michigan Wolverines head coach Rich Rodriguez, Holtz stated, "Ya know, Hitler was a great leader, too." The next day, Holtz apologized for the comment during halftime of a game between Clemson and Georgia Tech.[9]
Personal life
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Holtz married the former Beth Barcus on July 22, 1961. They are parents of four children, three of whom are Notre Dame graduates. Their eldest son, Skip, is currently head football coach at East Carolina University. Holtz is on the Catholic Advisory Board of the Ave Maria Mutual Funds, and gives motivational speeches. Coach Holtz is a member at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. He is an advocate for people with speech impediments and donates his time to children who suffer from such disorders.
Collegiate coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | Rank# | |||
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| William & Mary (Southern Conference) (1969–1971) | |||||||||
| 1969 | William & Mary | 3-7 | 2-2 | 4th | |||||
| 1970 | William & Mary | 5-7 | 3-1 | 1st | L 12-40 (Toledo) Tangerine Bowl | ||||
| 1971 | William & Mary | 5-6 | 4-1 | 2nd | |||||
| William & Mary: | 13-20 | 9-4 | |||||||
| North Carolina State (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1972–1975) | |||||||||
| 1972 | North Carolina State | 8-3-1 | 4-1-1 | 2nd | W 49-13 (WVU) Peach Bowl | ||||
| 1973 | North Carolina State | 9-3 | 6-0 | 1st | W 31-18 (Kansas) Liberty Bowl | ||||
| 1974 | North Carolina State | 9-2-1 | 4-2 | 2nd | T 31-31 (Houston) Bluebonnet Bowl | 9 | |||
| 1975 | North Carolina State | 7-4-1 | 2-2-1 | 4th | L 10-13 (WVU) Peach Bowl | ||||
| North Carolina State: | 33-12-3 | 16-5-2 | |||||||
| Arkansas (Southwest Conference) (1977–1983) | |||||||||
| 1977 | Arkansas | 11-1 | 7-1 | 2nd | W 31-6 (Okla) Orange Bowl | 3 | |||
| 1978 | Arkansas | 9-2-1 | 6-2 | 2nd | T 10-10 (UCLA) Fiesta Bowl | 10 | |||
| 1979 | Arkansas | 10-2 | 7-1 | T-1st | L 24-9 (Bama) Sugar Bowl | 9 | |||
| 1980 | Arkansas | 7-5 | 3-5 | 6 th | W 34-14 (Tulane) Hall of Fame Classic | ||||
| 1981 | Arkansas | 8-4 | 5-3 | 4th | L 27-31 (UNC) Gator Bowl | 16 | |||
| 1982 | Arkansas | 9-2-1 | 5-2-1 | 3rd | W 28-24 (UF) Bluebonnet Bowl | 8 | |||
| 1983 | Arkansas | 6-5 | 4-4 | 5th | |||||
| Arkansas: | 60-21-2 | 37-18-1 | |||||||
| Minnesota (Big Ten Conference) (1984–1985) | |||||||||
| 1984 | Minnesota | 4-7 | 3-6 | 8th | |||||
| 1985 | Minnesota | 6-5 | 4-4 | 6th | W 20-13 (Clemson) Independence Bowl | ||||
| Minnesota: | 10-12 | 7-10 | |||||||
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| 1986 | Notre Dame | 5-6 | |||||||
| 1987 | Notre Dame | 8-4 | L 10-35 (TAMU) Cotton Bowl Classic | ||||||
| 1988 | Notre Dame | 12-0 | W 34-21 (WVU) Fiesta Bowl | 1 | |||||
| 1989 | Notre Dame | 12-1 | W 21-6 (CU) Orange Bowl | 3 | |||||
| 1990 | Notre Dame | 9-3 | L 9-10 (CU) Orange Bowl | 6 | |||||
| 1991 | Notre Dame | 10-3 | W 39-28 (UF) Sugar Bowl | 12 | |||||
| 1992 | Notre Dame | 10-1-1 | W 28-3 (TAMU) Cotton Bowl Classic | 4 | |||||
| 1993 | Notre Dame | 11-1 | W 24-21 (TAMU) Cotton Bowl Classic | 2 | |||||
| 1994 | Notre Dame | 6-5-1 | L 24-41 (CU) Fiesta Bowl | ||||||
| 1995 | Notre Dame | 9-3 | L 26-31 (FSU) Orange Bowl | 13 | |||||
| 1996 | Notre Dame | 8-3 | 21 | ||||||
| Notre Dame: | 100-30-2 | ||||||||
| South Carolina (Southeastern Conference) (1999–2004) | |||||||||
| 1999 | South Carolina | 0-11 | 0-8 | 6th (East) | |||||
| 2000 | South Carolina | 8-4 | 5-3 | 2nd (East) | W 24-7 (OSU) Outback Bowl | 21 | |||
| 2001 | South Carolina | 9-3 | 5-3 | 3rd (East) | W 31-28 (OSU) Outback Bowl | 13 | |||
| 2002 | South Carolina | 5-7 | 3-5 | 4th (East) | |||||
| 2003 | South Carolina | 5-7 | 2-6 | 4th (East) | |||||
| 2004 | South Carolina | 6-5 | 4-4 | 3rd (East) | |||||
| South Carolina: | 33-37 | 19-29 | |||||||
| Total: | 249-132-7 | ||||||||
| National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title | |||||||||
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See also
Notes and references
- ^ "Aikman, Cannon, Holtz head for College Football Hall of Fame". 2008-05-01. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/ncaa/05/01/cfb.hall.ap/index.html.
- ^ a b c d e f "2007 Notre Dame Media Guide: History and Records (pages 131-175)". und.cstv.com. http://und.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/nd/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/07fbguidehistory. Retrieved 2008-07-10.
- ^ Vikings' owners divided on Holtz. Ron Lesko. Associated Press. November 19, 1996. copy hosted on southcoasttoday.com
- ^ VIKINGS' GREEN SAYS HIS TEAM'S IN HUNT Lee Shappell. Arizona Republic
- ^ NCAA football records, p. 68.
- ^ a b c Thamel, Pete (2004-11-23). "Holtz Goes; Brawlers Won't Play On in Bowls". nytimes.com. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/23/sports/ncaafootball/23football.html?_r=1&oref=slogin. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
- ^ "Dr. Lou Holtz Drops a Hitler Reference, Continues to Make No Sense". SportingNews.com>. http://www.sportingnews.com/blog/the_sporting_blog/entry/view/13710/dr._lou_holtz_drops_a_hitler_reference,_continues_to_make_no_sense. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
- ^ "Lou Holtz Might Be Taking Some Time Off". Deadspin.com. http://deadspin.com/5065391/lou-holtz-might-be-taking-some-time-off. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
- ^ "Lou Holtz sorry for Hitler line". NYDailyNews.com. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/2008/10/18/2008-10-18_lou_holtz_sorry_for_hitler_line.html. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
- ^ "Lou Holtz Records By Year". cfbdatawarehouse.com. http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=1103. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
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