PRAYERS FOR COACH HOLTZ🙏🙏

[calvegas04]

If MF doesn't learn this and pay tribute to Holtz I'll be disappointed

 

[Irish Norseman]

National Championship incoming! In honor of Lou!

 

[NDWarrior]

Coach Holtz will always bring back to me that magical time for College Football and Notre Dame.

Notre Dame's undefeated 1988 season was the year I graduated college and before that, I will always remember what he did in that AR / OK Orange Bowl game where he benched a number of starting players on principle and the Razorbacks still ended up upsetting the Sooners.

I'll always hold the image of him on his players' shoulders after '88 NC game and of him pacing up and down the sidelines.

One of a kind coach and human being. R.I.P. Coach Holtz 🍀🍀🍀

 

[RudyVerse]

One of one. There will never be another. A walking motivational machine in a small body, the heart of a lion. I hope God is welcoming him with open arms.

 

[NDWarrior]

 

[rikkitikki08]

RIP Coach

Freeman, you have even more motivation now. Go win one for Coach Holtz

 

[Bane]

May he be at peace.

 

[Rudy89]

May the lord’s peace be with Coach Holtz’s soul & his peace be with Lou’s family & all who knew him. Lou & Knute are going to have a lot of fun together in heaven.

 

[Katzenboyer]

Legend. He will be missed.

RIP, Coach.

 

[Me2SouthBend]

RIP Coach Holtz. You were the best. ND is better to have had you. Loved watching you and your teams. God Bless your family.

 

[50milesSE ND]

RIP Coach!

 

[Rocketman84]

Don't go thru life and be a spectator remember WIN: W.hat's I.mportant N.ow​

If you...
EVALUATE the past
FOCUS on the future
IT TELLS you what you have to do in the present

~Lou Holtz

🙏🙏

 

[Irish Norseman]

If we win a national title this year I will name my next child Louis(a).








*I’m snipped

 

[IrishBoognish]

RIP to the Coach

He lived a long and fantastic life

I still watch this video every time I'm feeling down and I need a pick me up

 

[Luckylucci]

We love you, Lou!

He was an iconic. Seemingly larger than life, figure of my childhood and a big reason why I fell in love with ND football.

RIP Coach

 

[ulukinatme]

Bringing back the old avatar in honor of coach. He was a class act, took time out of his busy schedule to meet our family in Hawaii back in '91 before a game. Gramps still has the photo hanging in his office. More than a coach he was a leader, a motivator, and quite the character. I've loved his words of wisdom over the years. RIP, coach!

 

[Notre Dame Joe]

Even if he did everything else but had not coached Notre Dame, we would still have a small discussion about him. Careers in coaching, broadcasting, and motivational speaking. Six losing teams transformed into bowl teams by the 2nd year, in an era where that meant it was a good team.

 

[Irish#1]

Off to join the legends. Imagine their talks over a cup of coffee.

 

[AlaskanIrish]

RIP, Coach. Of many over the years, perhaps my favorite quote of his (re: names on jerseys):

“At Notre Dame, we believed the interlocking ND was all the identification you needed. Whenever anyone complained, I told them they were lucky we allowed numbers on the uniforms.”

 

[KMac151993]

For the first time in over 100 years Notre Dame does not have a living coach that won a title.

Truly one of one and one of the greatest leaders of men to ever walk the face of the earth.

 

[greyhammer90]

For the first time in over 100 years Notre Dame does not have a living coach that won a title.

Well thanks for making Lou Holtz dying somehow more depressing.

 

[bobbyok1]

Time to change my avatar in honor of Lou. I was 10 years old when Lou came to ND, 20 years old when he left. He was the ND coach for the bulk of my formative years, and he knocked it out of the park.

As time went on, I grew to appreciate him all the more for who he was as a man, not just a coach.

Thanks for all the memories, Lou, and for being the kind of man so many others and I could look up to. Well done, good and faithful servant, may you now rest in the presence of the Lord without end.

 

[greyhammer90]

Kind of a nice thing, the r/cfb subteddit changed the banner for Lou so that it shows all the teams he coached instead of the usual top ten.

 

[IRISHDODGER]

Was fortunate enough to see him speak at my Alma mater a few years back before health issues prevented him from his speaking tour. A ton of former Razorbacks joined him on stage to pay tribute to him. Darius Walker’s dad Jimmy was one of them IIRC. He was sharper than ever.

I bet they put LOU above the face mask in honor of Holtz the same way they did ARA after Coach Parseghian’s passing awhile back.

 

[sfk324]

Well thanks for making Lou Holtz dying somehow more depressing.

If it makes it better, it's not that long. Between March 31, 1931 when Rock died and the end of the 1943 season when Leahy won his first, there were no living individuals who had coach ND to national championship. So only 82+ years.

Also a coincidence, Lou died on Rock's birthday.

 

[jerseyborn1971]

This is a tough one. Rest in Peace, coach.

 

[allenm5333]

Saw someone post we should wear the 88 jerseys for a game this year. We should absolutely do it for Miami

 

[FDNYIrish1]

Summer 1987 a 15 year old kid was on his first visit to campus with family. Trying to catch a glimpse of practice over and through the fence. Gate swings open, a golf cart exits and stops. I look over and its coach in the passenger seat. I think I’m about to get in trouble, but instead get pictures, kind words, and an autograph that says “I hope to get to coach you at Notre Dame”. A lifelong love and fandom for a university I didn’t attend achieved. Rest easy coach.