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What is Lou Holtz’s Net Worth?

Lou Holtz, the former American football coach and ESPN college football analyst, has a net worth of $20 million. He coached at the University of South Carolina from 1999-2004 and is famous for his tenure at Notre Dame. Holtz also worked as a TV college football analyst for CBS in the 1990s and for ESPN from 2005 until 2015.

Louis Leo Holtz: Early Life and Education

Louis Leo Holtz was born on January 6, 1937, in Follansbee, West Virginia, and grew up in East Liverpool, Ohio. He graduated from East Liverpool High School and went on to attend Kent State University, where he played football as a linebacker and earned a degree in history. He also trained under Kent State’s Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps and received a commission as a Field Artillery Officer in the United States Army Reserve upon graduation. Holtz later earned his master’s degree at the University of Iowa while coaching at the school as a graduate assistant.

Lou Holtz’s Coaching Career

Lou Holtz began his coaching career as an assistant at the University of Iowa in 1960. He later worked as an assistant coach at William & Mary, Connecticut, South Carolina, and Ohio State. Holtz returned to William & Mary as head coach in 1969 before moving to North Carolina State in 1972. He then became head coach at the University of Arkansas, where he spent seven years and reached six bowl games. Holtz coached at the University of Minnesota for one season before taking over as head coach at Notre Dame in 1986. Under his leadership, Notre Dame went to the finals for nine consecutive years and won the National Championship in 1988. Holtz went on to coach at the University of South Carolina from 1999 to 2004. He is the only college football coach to bring six different programs to bowl games and the only coach to lead four schools to the final top 20 rankings. Holtz has won numerous coaching awards and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008.

After retiring from coaching, Lou Holtz worked as a college football analyst for CBS during the 1990s. He later joined ESPN in 2005 and appeared on various sports shows, including “College Football Scoreboard,” “College Football Final,” “SportsCenter,” and “College Football Live.” Holtz became known for his distinctive voice and frequently appeared alongside Rece Davis and Mark May.

In April of 2015, it was reported that Holtz was leaving ESPN.

Lou Holtz Personal Life

Lou Holtz was married to Beth Barcus from 1961 until her death in 2020. They had four children, three of whom graduated from Notre Dame. Holtz’s cousins Ashton and Kerosene Holtz both played football in Fort Scott, Kansas. He currently resides in the Lake Nona Golf & Country Club in Orlando, Florida.

In 1990, Holtz received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2020. Holtz is on the Catholic Advisory Board of Ave Maria Mutual Funds and is a member of the Augusta National Golf Club. He also gives motivational speeches. In 2011, he appeared as himself in a Discover Card commercial.

Lou Holtz’s Orlando Home Sells for $4 Million

In 1997, Lou Holtz purchased a home in an Orlando suburb for $254,000. The 11,000 square-foot home caught fire and suffered significant damage in 2015, but Holtz rebuilt and renovated it. In September 2020, the Lake Nona mansion was listed for $4.5 million before selling for $4 million.