Famed Notre Dame Football Coach Lou Holtz Enters Hospice, Per Reports| National Catholic Register

<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> <br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p>The legendary coach led the Fighting Irish to a perfect season and a national championship win in the late 1980s&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;p><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p>Lou Holtz&comma; the storied football coach known for leading the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to a 12-0 perfect season including a national championship win in 1989&comma; has entered hospice care&comma; according to media reports&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sports writer Kyle Sutherland wrote on Jan&period; 29 that he confirmed Holtz’s entrance into hospice&period; Multiple other news outlets subsequently confirmed the development&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It was not immediately clear from what ailment Holtz was suffering&period; The former coach is 89 years old and has been retired for more than two decades&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A Catholic&comma; he had four children with his wife&comma; Beth Barcus&comma; who passed away in 2020 after they had been married for 59 years&period; One of his sons is Skip Holtz&comma; who has served as the head coach of multiple collegiate football teams&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;p><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><br &sol;>&NewLine;<br &sol;><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ncregister&period;com&sol;cna&sol;famed-notre-dame-football-coach-lou-holtz-enters-hospice-per-reports">Source link <&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;