Lou Holtz, the College Football Hall of Fame coach who led Notre Dame to a national championship and won 249 games over 33 seasons at six schools, has died

Lou Holtz, the College Football Hall of Fame coach who led Notre Dame to the 1988 national championship and won 249 games over 33 seasons at six schools, has died. He was 89.

National championship coach Lou Holtz, who guided Notre Dame to the 1988 college football title, died at age 89.

Lou Holtz, the hard-driving coach who in 1988 became the last to lead Notre Dame football to the national championship, died Wednesday, March 4. He was 89. Multiple media outlets reported on Jan. 29 that Holtz was in hospice care.

Videos of his inspirational speeches to his players before games earned him fans in the years after his coaching career ended.

The coach led six college football programs but is best known for leading the Fighting Irish to the 1988 national title.

Legendary football coach Lou Holtz, who won 100 games at Notre Dame, died at 89. Look back at his coaching career.

Holtz won 249 games over 33 seasons at six schools, each of which he guided each to a college football bowl game, the only coach to do so. He was 89.