The ceremony took place during the weekend of the Notre Dame/Michigan game, almost twenty-two years to the day after Holtz coached his first Notre Dame team against the Wolverines. Occasionally, despite his lack of success with the New York Jets, he was rumored to be leaving Notre Dame for the NFL.

Jan 20, 2025 · Lou Holtz is the last Notre Dame head coach to win a National Championship, and fans will surely be thinking of him on Monday night.

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.

Apr 27, 2020 · Lou Holtz and Notre Dame were stunned on national signing day in 1992, when quarterback Tommie Frazier out of Florida signed with Nebraska instead of Notre Dame, even with Holtz...

Jan 12, 2025 · The legendary Notre Dame coach shared an update on his health and the possibility of attending college football's championship game.

Jan 20, 2025 · Look no further than Ryan Day and Lou Holtz. Holtz, the legendary former Notre Dame football coach, is 42 years older than Day and hasn’t coached in college football since 2004, the same season ...

Sep 6, 2024 · ORLANDO, Fla. (WNDU) - There’s nothing like a football Saturday in South Bend. Just ask former head coach Lou Holtz. Holtz coached 11 seasons at Notre Dame and won the national championship in...

Sep 24, 2023 · Lou Holtz coached the Minnesota Golden Gophers next. He led the Gophers for only two seasons before he accepted the offer to coach the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

The Hall of Fame coach who guided Notre Dame to a 100-30-2 record in 11 seasons retold this story in September at the Lou’s Lads Foundation’s annual dinner on campus. Being part of a Notre Dame team coached by Holtz meant everything to the dozens of former players and student managers in the audience that evening.

In Nov. 1985, Lou Holtz left his position at the University of Minnesota to become the 25th head coach in Notre Dame football history. During a recent interview with Fighting Irish Digital Media, Holtz talked about his decision to come to Notre Dame.