Rip Lou Holtz

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Lou Holtz, the former head football coach at Notre Dame, Arkansas and more who won a national championship with the Fighting Irish, died on Sunday in Orlando, Florida, the Holtz family announced. He was 89 years old.

"One of the most affable coaches of his generation, Holtz won 249 games as a collegiate head coach with 100 of those victories earned at Notre Dame from 1986 through 1996," a statement from Notre Dame Athletics read. "Holtz’s lasting legacy at the University of Notre Dame goes beyond his accomplishments and traditions with the football program."

Holtz, who guided the Fighting Irish to a national championship in 1988 and the Razorbacks to an 11-1 debut season in 1977, was the head coach at William & Mary (1969-71), NC State (1972-75), Arkansas (1977-83), Minnesota (1984-85), Notre Dame (1986-96) and South Carolina (1999-2004). He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008. He also coached the New York Jets in 1976.

Holtz is the only college football coach to lead six different programs to bowl games and is the winner of two Bear Bryant Awards and two Eddie Robinson Awards as national coach of the year. After he retired from coaching, he spent time as a college football analyst for CBS Sports and ESPN...

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