Granted, University of South Carolina head coach Lou Holtz has never looked much like a stereotypical football coach, but then again he has never acted like one either. The 65-year-old coaching icon, who coached the NFL’s New York Jets in 1976, has enjoyed a successful career which includes stints as the head coach of William and Mary, North Carolina State, Arkansas and - most notably - Notre Dame. In fact, Holtz led the Fighting Irish to a national championship in 1988 and to nine consecutive New Year’s Day bowl games. In just his second season at South Carolina, Holtz led the Gamecocks to the biggest regular season turnaround in Southeastern Conference history and the fourth best regular season turnaround in NCAA history when they finished 8-4 in 2000 after finishing 0-11 the year before. Holtz, a three-time National Coach of the Year (1977, 1988, 2000), is the only coach in NCAA
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