{"id":721755,"date":"2026-02-01T16:20:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T16:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/721755\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T16:20:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T16:20:21","slug":"skip-holtz-shares-personal-update-on-father-lou-holtzs-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/721755\/","title":{"rendered":"Skip Holtz Shares Personal Update on Father Lou Holtz\u2019s Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">Some heartbreaking news emerged this week when Lou Holtz\u2019s family announced that the longtime <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/college-football\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">college football<\/a> coach, now 89, entered hospice care while battling a reported health issue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">While the initial update came two days ago from his son Kevin, Holtz\u2019s other son, Skip \u2014 the former head coach of the Birmingham Stallions \u2014 shared another update Sunday morning, saying his father is still \u201cfighting the fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">\u201cAppreciate everyone\u2019s texts and prayers. Dad is 89 and he is STILL fighting the fight!\u201d Skip posted on X. \u201cOnly the man upstairs knows how much time is left on the clock. Cherishing the time we still have together in Orlando.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">More news: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\/ncaa\/indiana-curt-cignetti-could-lose-prominent-play-caller-amid-nfl-interest-11446561\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Indiana, Curt Cignetti Could Lose Prominent Play-Caller Amid NFL Interest<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">More news: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\/ncaa\/urban-meyer-issues-major-warning-about-college-football-after-calling-out-ncaa-11444106\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Urban Meyer Issues Major Warning About College Football After Calling Out NCAA<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">Holtz has long been a revered figure in college football, not only for his tenure at Notre Dame from 1986 to 1996, but also for his time coaching the Arkansas Razorbacks and South Carolina Gamecocks. His head coaching career also included stops at William &amp; Mary, where it all began, as well as NC State and Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">He retired from coaching in 2004 after six seasons at South Carolina and immediately transitioned to television as an analyst for ESPN, where he was an instant hit. He worked for ESPN from 2004 to 2015.<\/p>\n<p><img id=\"11449814\" alt=\"\" caption=\"Retired football coach Lou Holtz is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by US President Donald Trump on December 3, 2020, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski \/ AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI\/AFP via Getty Images)\" credit=\"\" sourcealt=\"\" sources=\"[]\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"5568\" height=\"3712\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;aspect-ratio:inherit;object-fit:cover\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-1229927129.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">There was some speculation late Saturday night that Holtz had already passed away, but as his son confirmed Sunday, those reports were not true.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">Holtz turned 89 on Jan. 6. In addition to his sons, Skip and Kevin, he is also survived by two daughters, Elizabeth and Luanne. His wife, Beth, to whom he was married for 59 years, passed away in 2020 following a lengthy illness at age 82.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_blockParagraph__I2kr4\">More news: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/sports\/ncaa\/ole-miss-slapped-with-second-tampering-allegation-amid-investigation-11446800\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ole Miss Slapped With Second Tampering Allegation Amid Investigation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some heartbreaking news emerged this week when Lou Holtz\u2019s family announced that the longtime college football coach, now&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":721756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[331,7,49,48,1401],"class_list":{"0":"post-721755","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-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-football","12":"tag-notre-dame"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115996291305976807","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=721755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/721756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=721755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=721755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=721755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}