Skip Holtz

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Louis Leo "Skip" Holtz, Jr.
Coach Holtz in his first game as the Pirate skipper.
Title	Head Coach
College	East Carolina University
Sport	College Football
Team Record	7-5 in 2006
Born	March 12, 1964
Place of birth	Willimantic, Connecticut
Career Highlights
Overall	43-33
Coaching Stats
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School as a player
1986	Notre Dame
Position	Wide receiver
Coaching positions
1994-1998 2005-Present	University of Connecticut East Carolina University

Louis Leo (Skip) Holtz, Jr. (born on March 12, 1964 in Willimantic, Connecticut) is a head coach of the East Carolina University college football team.

Holtz's father, Lou Holtz, was one of the football assistants for the University of Connecticut Huskies when Skip was born. Skip went to Fayetteville (Ark.) High School where he was the quarterback, while his father was the head coach at the University of Arkansas. After graduating from Fayetteville High School, Skip went to Holy Cross Junior College for two years. He than transferred to Notre Dame where he earned a bachelor's degree in business management in 1986. While at Notre Dame he lettered in football in 1986 where he was a special teams member and backup wide receiver.

[edit] Coaching experience

Coach Holtz's first coaching job after college came in 1987 where he became the graduate assistant coach at Florida State University. He then took a job at Colorado State University in 1989 where he was the wide receivers coach. In 1990, Skip joined his father, then the head coach at Notre Dame. Holtz first job at his alma mater was Wide Receivers Coach. In 1992 he advanced his coaching experience by becoming Notre Dame offensive coordinator. During the two years as offensive coordinator he and his father carried UND to the Cotton Bowl twice, beating Texas A&M both times. While a Fighting Irishman he help to amass a 40-8-1 (.827) record.

In 1994 Skip Holtz finally became a head coach. Coming full circle since birth, he became the head coach at the University of Connecticut. As the commander of the Huskies organization he accumulated a winning percentage of .596 (34-23), and advanced to the 1998 NCAA I-AA Football Playoffs for the first time in school history. After the 1998 season, he moved to South Carolina to become an assistant head coach for his father once again. On November 18, 2004, Lou Holtz announced he was retiring from the head coaching position at USC. Wanting to become a head coach again, Skip announced on December 3, 2004 that he will become East Carolina University 19th head football coach.

Coach Holtz was chosen to help lead the East team in the 2006 Hula Bowl at the War Memorial Stadium in the town of Kahului, Hawaii.

[edit] Bowl experience

2006 PapaJohns.com Bowl (South Florida 24, East Carolina 7)

2002 Outback Bowl (South Carolina 31, Ohio State 28) No. 13 final national rank

2001 Outback Bowl (South Carolina 31, Ohio State 7) No. 19 final national rank

1998 NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs (def. Hampton 42-34, lost to Georgia Southern) No. 7 final national rank (I-AA polls)

1994 Cotton Bowl (Notre Dame 24, Texas A&M 21) No. 2 final national rank

1993 Cotton Bowl (Notre Dame 28, Texas A&M 3) No. 4 final national rank

1992 Sugar Bowl (Notre Dame 39, Florida 28) No. 13 final national rank

1991 Orange Bowl (Colorado 10, Notre Dame 9) No. 6 final national rank

1989 Sugar Bowl (Florida State 13, Auburn 7) No. 3 final national rank

1988 Fiesta Bowl (Florida State 31, Nebraska 28) No. 2 final national rank

[edit] Family life

Skip is married to Jennifer Fitzgerald. They have three children: Louis Leo "Trey" Holtz III (10), Chad Fitzgerald Holtz (8); and Hailey Elizabeth Holtz (6). His parents are Lou Holtz and Beth Barcus Holtz. Skip has three siblings, Luanne Altenbaumer, Kevin, and Elizabeth Messaglia.

Preceded by Tom Jackson	Connecticut Huskies Football Head Coach 1994–1998	Succeeded by Randy Edsall
Preceded by John Thompson	East Carolina Pirates Head Coach 2005–	Succeeded by Current