Skip Holtz

Louis Leo "Skip" Holtz, Jr. (born March 12, 1964) is an American football coach who is the current head coach atLouisiana Tech University. He was head coach at South Florida from 2010 to 2012 before being released. Prior to 2010, Holtz served as the head coach of the East Carolina University football team. Additionally, Holtz was the head coach of the Connecticut Huskies football team between 1994 and 1998 and an assistant head coach for theUniversity of South Carolina Gamecocks between 1998 and 2004.[1]

Skip's father, Lou Holtz, is an acclaimed former head football coach and currently works as a commentator on the television channel ESPN.[2] Due to his father's career as a collegiate football coach, Skip was exposed to football from an early age. At the time of Skip's birth, Lou was a football assistant for the Connecticut Huskies.[1] Skip attended Fayetteville High School in Arkansas and played on the school's football team as the team's quarterbackwhile his father was the head coach at the University of Arkansas.[3] After graduating from Fayetteville High School, Skip attended Holy Cross College for two years.[3] He then transferred to Notre Dame, where he earned abachelor's degree in business management. While at Notre Dame, he lettered in football as a special teamsmember and backup wide receiver.[4]