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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.
- 12–8–2
- Kent State
- 249–132–7 (college), 3–10 (NFL)
- January 6, 1937 (age 86), Follansbee, West Virginia, U.S.
May 9, 2019 · 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...
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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.
The last time Notre Dame took the field in November 1985, they were pummeled by Miami 58-7. But the worst loss in Notre Dame history was followed by perhaps the greatest loss in Notre Dame history. Lou Holtz’s first game. A 24-23 thrilling, nailbiting, heartbreaking loss to #3 Michigan.
Lou Holtz had already announced his retirement as head coach at Notre Dame before the Fighting Irish hosted Rutgers on Nov. 23, 1996. In the final home game of the season, Notre Dame rolled to a 62-0 victory, sending Holtz off with a fitting farewell and his 100th victory at the university.
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