Lou Holtz is an American former football coach and ESPN college football analyst with a net worth of $20 million.

Holtz last coached at the University of South Carolina from 1999 to 2004 but is most remembered for his time at Notre Dame. After retiring from coaching, Holtz became a TV college football analyst for CBS in the 1990s and ESPN from 2005 to 2015.

Who is Lou Holtz?

Andrew and Anne Holtz welcomed their son Louis Leo Holtz into the world on January 6, 1937, in Follansbee, West Virginia. He was raised in East Liverpool, Ohio, and graduated from East Liverpool High School. After that, he attended Kent State University, where he studied history and played linebacker for the football team.

By the time he graduated, he had completed the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at Kent State and been commissioned as a Field Artillery Officer in the US Army Reserve. He earned his master’s degree at the University of Iowa while coaching as a graduate assistant.

How old is Lou Holtz?

He is currently 87 years old.

What is Lou Holtz’s net worth?

He is estimated to be worth $20 Million.

What is Lou Holtz’s career?

Lou Holtz began his coaching career in 1960 as an assistant at the University of Iowa, before moving on to William & Mary (1961-1963), Connecticut (1964-1965), South Carolina (1966-1967), and Ohio State (1968). The Ohio State Buckeyes won the national championship that season.

Holtz returned to William & Mary for his first head coaching job in 1969, leading the Indians (now the Tribe) to the Southern Conference championship and a Tangerine Bowl berth. Before entering the professional ranks, he served as head coach at North Carolina State University in 1972.

Holtz was appointed head coach of the New York Jets in 1976. However, he left ten months later, following a 3-10 start, and returned to collegiate football as the head coach at Arkansas. He completed seven years with the Razorbacks, going to six bowl games and finishing 60-21-2. He spent one season at the University of Minnesota before joining Notre Dame in 1986.

took over the failing Fighting Irish football team and helped transform it into a college football contender. Notre Dame advanced to the finals nine years in a row under his direction. His 1988 squad finished 12-0, winning the Fiesta Bowl and the National Championship. He coached at the University of South Carolina since 1999 through 2004.

Lou Holtz is the only college football coach to have taken six separate colleges to bowl games and led four schools to the final top 20 rankings. He is a two-time Paul “Bear” Bryant Award winner, two-time Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year, two-time Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year, Walter Camp Coach of the Year, ACC Coach of the Year, SWC Coach of the Year, and SEC Coach of the Year.

Holtz was elected into the Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame in 2012, the Upper Ohio Valley Hall of Fame in 1998, and the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 1983. Lou Holtz was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008.

After retiring from coaching, Lou Holtz was hired by CBS as a college football analyst in the 1990s. In 2005, he joined ESPN and participated in several sports broadcasts, including “College Football Scoreboard,” “College Football Final,” “SportsCenter,” and “College Football Live.” He became noted for his unusual voice and frequently featured alongside Rece Davis and Mark May. Holtz’s departure from ESPN was reported in April 2015.