Skip Holtz

Skip Holtz
	Holtz at 2017 C-USA Media Days
Birmingham Stallions
Position:	Head coach
Personal information
Born:	March 12, 1964 (age 60); Willimantic, Connecticut, U.S.
Career information
High school:	Fayetteville; (Fayetteville, Arkansas)
College:	Notre Dame
Career history
As a coach:
	Florida State (1987–1988) ; Graduate assistant; Colorado State (1989) ; Wide receivers coach; Notre Dame (1990–1991) ; Wide receivers coach; Notre Dame (1992–1993) ; Offensive coordinator; Connecticut (1994–1998) ; Head coach; South Carolina (1999–2003) ; Assistant head coach & offensive coordinator; South Carolina (2004) ; Assistant head coach & quarterbacks coach; East Carolina (2005–2009) ; Head coach; South Florida (2010–2012) ; Head coach; Louisiana Tech (2013–2021) ; Head coach; Birmingham Stallions (2022–present) ; Head coach/offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach;
As an executive:
	Birmingham Stallions (2022) ; General manager;
Career highlights and awards
	USFL/UFL 2× USFL champion (2022, 2023); UFL champion (2024); USFL Coach of the Year (2023); NCAA 2× C-USA (2008, 2009); 2× C-USA East Division (2008, 2009); 3× C-USA West Division (2014, 2016, 2019); Atlantic 10 New England Division (1998); C-USA Coach of the Year (2016);
Head coaching record
Regular season:	USFL: 17–3 (.850); UFL: 9–1 (.900);
Postseason:	USFL: 4–0 (1.000)
Career:	College: 152–121 (.557); USFL: 21–3 (.875); UFL: 9–1 (.900);

Louis Leo "Skip" Holtz Jr. (born March 12, 1964) is an American football coach who is the head coach for the Birmingham Stallions of the United Football League (UFL). Holtz has led the team to two USFL Championships, in 2022 and 2023, and a UFL Championship in 2024. Previously, he was the head coach for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, South Florida Bulls, East Carolina Pirates, and the Connecticut Huskies. He has also served as an assistant coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Colorado State Rams, and the Florida State Seminoles.

Skip's father, Lou Holtz, is a former head football coach and worked as a commentator on the television channel ESPN.^[1] Due to his father's career as a collegiate football coach, Skip was exposed to football from an early age. He played college football at Notre Dame, where he played mostly on special teams. He joined the coaching ranks immediately upon graduation from college, working initially for Bobby Bowden as an assistant at Florida State. He gradually worked his way through the ranks at various NCAA Division I schools before being named head coach at Connecticut in 1994. He has an overall record of 152 wins and 121 losses as a head coach, including eight bowl wins and two conference championships.

^ "New Assignments and Returning Commentators Highlight ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU College Football Coverage". ESPN (Press release). March 12, 2007. Archived from the original on September 11, 2009. Retrieved April 11, 2008.

[1] "New Assignments and Returning Commentators Highlight ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU College Football Coverage". ESPN (Press release). March 12, 2007. Archived from the original on September 11, 2009. Retrieved April 11, 2008.

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