coach_team birth_date tournament_record current_team player_positions player_years cfbdwid bowl_record current_record image name caption birth_place sport championships coach_years overall_record current_title current_conference article_title player_team
florida -rrb- notre dame -lrb- wr -rrb- notre dame -lrb- oc state -rrb- connecticut south carolina -lrb- ahc/oc -rrb- south carolina -lrb- -lrb- ahc/qb -rrb- east carolina south florida louisiana tech ga -rrb- colorado state -lrb- wr 12 march 1964 1 -rrb- & ndash ; 1 -lrb- ncaa d-i-aa playoffs louisiana tech wide receiver 1986 1104 3 & ndash ; 3 13 -- 13 skip holtz in 2007.jpg skip holtz holtz in 2007 . willimantic , connecticut football 2 c-usa -lrb- 2008 , 2009 -rrb- 1987 ; 1991 1992 & ndash ; 1993 1994 & ndash & ; 1998 1999 & ndash ; 2003 2004 2005 & ndash ndash ; 2009 2010 & ndash ; 2012 2013 & ; ndash ; present 1988 1989 1990 & ndash 100 & ndash ; 84 head coach conference usa skip holtz
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skip holtz

louis leo `` skip '' holtz , jr. -lrb- born march 12 , 1964 -rrb- is an american football coach who is the current head coach at louisiana 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 the university of south carolina gamecocks between 1998 and 2004 .
skip 's father , lou holtz , is an acclaimed former head football coach and currently works as a commentator on the television channel espn .
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 .
skip attended fayetteville high school in arkansas and played on the school 's football team as the team 's quarterback while his father was the head coach at the university of arkansas .
after graduating from fayetteville high school , skip attended holy cross college for two years .
he then transferred to notre dame , where he earned a bachelor 's degree in business management .
while at notre dame , he lettered in football as a special teams member and backup wide receiver .
