{"id":446389,"date":"2026-02-03T10:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T10:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/446389\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T10:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T10:42:13","slug":"lou-holtzs-son-opens-up-on-notre-dame-legends-health-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/446389\/","title":{"rendered":"Lou Holtz’s son opens up on Notre Dame legend’s health fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

The family of Notre Dame coaching legend Lou Holtz is speaking out about the 89-year-old\u2019s health following last week\u2019s revelation that he has entered hospice care<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Taking to X<\/a> on Sunday, Holtz\u2019s son, Skip, expressed gratitude to those who have reached out and made it clear his father \u201cis STILL fighting the fight!\u201d amid rumors swirling on social media he passed away.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnly the man upstairs knows how much time is left on the clock,\u201d wrote Skip, who most recently served as head coach of the UFL\u2019s Birmingham Stallions. \u201cCherishing the time we still have together in Orlando.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ESPNESPN personalities Todd Blackledge (L) and Chris Fowler pose with head coach Skip Holtz and his father, Lou Holtz, in November 2010. Getty Images<\/p>\n

An insider close to the Holtz family told the South Bend-based ABC57<\/a> on Thursday that the College Football Hall of Famer had entered hospice.<\/p>\n

Several in the sports community reflected on their experiences with Holtz in heartfelt messages.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh at some point I think we all knew we\u2019d be lucky to hold on to Lou and legends like him much longer. So many we\u2019ve looked up to and many I had the honor and privilege of not only covering, but working alongside eventually head to their next life of eternal glory,\u201d Fox Sports\u2019 Tim Brando wrote on X<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\u201cMy thoughts are with his family, especially my dear friend @SkipHoltz his wife Jen and their extended family. His beloved wife Beth awaits. Coach Holtz has always been a national treasure.\u201d<\/p>\n

A former Kent State linebacker, Holtz began his coaching career in 1960 as an assistant at Iowa. He rose through the ranks and earned his first head coaching job in 1969 at William & Mary.<\/p>\n

Holtz made the leap to the pros in 1976 as head coach of the Jets \u2014 an endeavor that lasted 13 games and resulted in the coach resigning after a 3-10 start.<\/p>\n

He arrived at Notre Dame a decade later in 1986 and coached the Fighting Irish to a national title in 1988. His run in South Bend concluded after the 1996 season with a record of 100-30-2. <\/p>\n

\"LouReports emerged in late January 2026 that Lou Holtz had entered hospice care. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Holtz then dabbled in broadcasting before returning to the college coaching ranks in 1999 at South Carolina. He called it a career in 2004.<\/p>\n

The coaching legend\u2019s overall record stands at 249-132-7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The family of Notre Dame coaching legend Lou Holtz is speaking out about the 89-year-old\u2019s health following last…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[1607,399,113332,398,396,397,1778,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-446389","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-college-football","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-lou-holtz","11":"tag-ncaa","12":"tag-ncaa-football","13":"tag-ncaafootball","14":"tag-notre-dame-fighting-irish","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}