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Lou Holtz

Sports Personality

Legendary Football Coach and Analyst, ESPN (2004-2015)

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About

Gender: Male

Nationality: United States

Languages: English

Travels from: United States

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Biography Highlights

He is called “the greatest motivator of our time,” “the best sports speaker ever,” “the best football coach in 50 years” and “a modern-day Will Rogers.” Lou Holtz is all of these things.

Biography

One of the most celebrated and accomplished coaches in sports history, Lou Holtz has made a career of inspiring his players and motivating them to be winners. Most notable for taking the struggling Notre Dame football program and building it into being a national powerhouse, 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.

Holtz’s humor and humility endear him to audiences as he helps them learn to assess their strengths, work as a team and embrace the values that can help improve any organization. Whether it’s helping people understand what’s important, encouraging people to hold themselves accountable or making leaders of followers, Holtz’s advice puts audiences on the road to achievement.

Holtz brought his experience and charisma to ESPN as an analyst for the network’s college football coverage from 2004-2015. He is also the author of the best-selling Winning Every Day: The Game Plan for Success, The Fighting Spirit: A Championship Season at Notre Dame and Wins, Losses, and Lessons: An Autobiography. His most recent book, A Lifetime of Love: A Game Plan for Marriage and Family Life, was released in February 2022. In 2015, Holtz made his debut as a golf analyst on SiriusXM Radio as the host of Holtz in One, where he can be found sharing his passion for the game of golf, discussing the latest news and events on the PGA Tour, and sharing his many stories from the course.

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Game Plan for Success

Lou Holtz’s message transcends athletics. It resonates—even to those who aren’t sports-minded. The focus is on people and the values that make relationships (and organizations) excel. Once heard, you will have no doubt why Lou Holtz is considered a legendary team leader and speaker on achievement.

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TESTIMONIALS

One word: INCREDIBLE! I would pay a lot of money for the opportunity to hear him speak again… Truly, that was the single best lecture/presentation I have ever seen. He’s a walking encyclopedia of one-liners, quips, and supremely important life lessons that are simplified enough for everyone to understand and remember.

Health Care

The event last night went great! Coach Holtz knocked it out of the park. He truly seemed to enjoy our town and the mission he was engaged in. It was a very important event we plan for months and the right speaker was critical. Our goal is to help young people be successful and give them the tools and education to make that happen. Coach Holtz truly inspired!

Financial Services

Lou Holtz was an amazing speaker and a wonderful guest. Everyone was thrilled to meet him and inspired by his message. He is going to be difficult to top next year!

Health Care

Lou Holtz far exceeded our expectations. Everyone loved him!

Non-Profit

Coach Holtz was AWESOME. He mesmerized the audience for the entire session. No one was on their phone or left the room and gave him an immediate standing ovation at the end of his presentation.

Retail

Coach Holtz was terrific! Everyone absolutely loved him. Only problem is, how will we top him next year? Our conference was a huge success and his presence at the Grand Opening was the perfect kickoff.

Construction

In a million years you will never convince me that there could have been a better speaker with a better message at a better time. I struggle for words to express just how much we enjoyed and appreciated our time with Lou Holtz. He is an amazing man, engaging speaking, and a life leader. The buzz is that he was, hands down, the best keynote speaker that we have ever had at the conference and we have been doing this for 40 years!

Transportation

We had an awesome event! Thank you so much for the recommendation of Coach Lou Holtz. Just like you said he would, he got a standing ovation at the end. He was such a personable guy. He was super interactive with all of our guests and asked several times how he could best help the school. It made for a top notch event and our feedback has been along the lines of one of my favorites that you’ve had. Certainly a touchdown for our 10th anniversary dinner!

Education Programs

We couldn’t have been happier with Coach Holtz. He was incredible not only with the attendees but with our team as well. If he would have had the time we would have kept him with us the entire time just to entertain.

Executive Development/Coaching

Lou Holtz was a huge success. He was gracious, funny and had a wonderful message.

Financial Services

Books

A Lifetime of Love: A Game Plan for Marriage and Family Life

In A Lifetime of Love, Holtz offers couples young and old practical advice on marriage and parenting gleaned from his fifty-nine year marriage. He shares stories from he and Beth’s life away from the football field that reveal the couple’s deep faith in God and commitment to each other and their children.

Three Rules for Living a Good Life: A Game Plan for after Graduation

Three Rules for Living a Good Life is a great gift book for a young adult looking for a quick read that offers encouragement and concrete advice for transitioning to the workforce and to deeper, more committed relationships.

Winning Every Day: The Game Plan for Success

Meet Lou Holtz, the motivational miracle worker who revitalized the Notre Dame football program by leading the legendary Fighting Irish to nine bowl games and a national championship. During his twenty-seven years as a head football coach, Holtz garnered a 216-95-7 career record. Each new assignment brought a different team with different players, but, invariably, the same result–success. How did he do it? By designing a game plan for his players that minimized obstacles while maximizing opportunities.

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