Word: holtz
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Holtz had even less reason to fear S.M.U., whom his team eventually trounced 59-6, than he did Pitt. But like most coaches he dreads games against "cupcake" opponents because of the danger that his own heavily favored players might lose concentration and intensity, and hence lose in an upset. Before the Pitt game, he assured reporters that Pitt was only slightly less dangerous than Rommel's Panzers. Yet at practice he was telling his players that Pitt was more like the army of Grenada and that he expected the Irish to beat the bejabbers out of them. When this...
...hour days that Holtz habitually puts in on the problems and the solutions are beginning to wear on him. In addition, he is doubtless feeling the stress stemming from accusations that he gave money through a third party to a player at his last school, Minnesota. Holtz emphatically denies it. Now one hears the word burnout in South Bend. "Football encompasses his whole life. It's everything," says Kevin Holtz. Says Ara Parseghian, who quit, worn out, after eleven successful years: "I told him all summer, 'Please pace yourself.' " When asked what lessons he draws from the experiences of Parseghian...
That's because goal-oriented Lou Holtz is on a mission. He wants to win his second consecutive national championship, although he would never freely admit it. But he quietly asked coaches like Bill Walsh how they tried to avoid a letdown after their teams won championships. How long can he keep it up? His answer is pure Holtz, all deceptive diffidence and then steely follow-through. "I don't think we can win every game," he says carefully. "Just the next...
PROFILE: Notre Dame football's Lou Holtz...
...cathedral of college football, the names of legendary head coaches -- Rockne, Leahy and Parseghian -- still echo. But get ready to add a new name to the list: Holtz...