# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lou-holtz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:03:48.063Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lou-holtz"
name: "Lou Holtz"
slug: "lou-holtz"
description: "Louis Leo Holtz was an American college football coach. He served as the head football coach at the College of William & Mary (1969–1971), North Carolina State University (1972–1975), the New York Jets (1976), the University of Arkansas (1977–1983), the University of Minnesota (1984–1985), the University of Notre Dame (1986–1996), and the University of South Carolina (1999–2004), compiling a career college head coaching record of 249–132–7."
tagline: "American college football coach and analyst (1937–2026)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dean_Martin_Day_Parade-_Philbin_and_Holtz_Presiding_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1937-01-06"
deathDate: "2026-03-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.218464
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/CoachLouHoltz88"
    handle:    "CoachLouHoltz88"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1758298/"
    handle:    "nm1758298"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "لو هولتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لو هولتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Holtz"
    title: "Lou Holtz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Holtz"
    title: "Lou Holtz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Holtz"
    title: "Lou Holtz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Holtz"
    title: "Lou Holtz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Holtz"
    title: "Lou Holtz"
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  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Holtz_(el_American_football_dr%C3%A4todan)"
    title: "Lou Holtz (el American football drätodan)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://as.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%81_%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%9C"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1538280"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump