Lou Holtz
Lou Holtz worked as an American college football coach, a role that defined much of his public life and that was recognized when he received the Horatio Alger Award.
Born Louis Leo Holtz on January 6, 1937, in Follansbee, he was educated at Kent State University. Before moving into coaching, he also worked as an American football player, giving him direct experience in the sport at the playing level.
As a college football coach, Holtz sustained a career in American college football across an extended period. His background as a player preceded his work on the coaching side, and the two roles together shaped the trajectory of his professional life as a United States citizen engaged in the sport.
Holtz died on March 4, 2026, in Orlando. He had been born in Follansbee and died in Orlando, and the Horatio Alger Award stands as a concrete marker of recognition he received during his lifetime.
Quotes by Lou Holtz
Lou Holtz's insights on:
All winning teams are goal oriented. Teams like these win consistently because everyone connected with them concentrates on specific objectives. They go about their business with blinders on; nothing will distract them from achieving their aims.
If you're bored with life – you don't get up every morning with a burning desire to do things – you don't have enough goals.
We have an obligation to help people that cannot help themselves. The mentally retarded, the physically retarded, et cetera.
What you are capable of achieving is determined by your talent and ability. What you attempt to do is determined by your motivation. How well you do something is determined by your attitude.
What you are capable of achieving is determined by your talent and ability. What you attempt to do is determined by your motivation. How well you do something is determined by your attitude.
If you continually ask yourself, 'What's important now'' you won't waste time on the trivial.
The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.