Bill Text: TX SR690 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Lou Holtz for his career as a football coach.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-03 - Reported enrolled [SR690 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SR690-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, In an exceptional career that spanned more than | ||
four decades Lou Holtz distinguished himself as one of the top | ||
coaches in college football; and | ||
WHEREAS, A native of West Virginia and a graduate of East | ||
Liverpool High School in Ohio, Lou Holtz earned a bachelor's | ||
degree at Kent State University, where he was a linebacker for | ||
two seasons before an injury ended his playing career; he began | ||
coaching as an assistant for the Iowa Hawkeyes football team in | ||
1960, and he later served in that role at the College of William | ||
and Mary, the University of Connecticut, the University of South | ||
Carolina, and Ohio State University; and | ||
WHEREAS, His work as a head coach began in 1969 at William | ||
and Mary; after directing the North Carolina State University | ||
program from 1972 to 1975, he joined the NFL to helm the New York | ||
Jets for the 1976 season; the following year, he returned to NCAA | ||
football with the University of Arkansas, and he went on to coach | ||
at the University of Minnesota before beginning his outstanding | ||
11-year run at Notre Dame; he closed out his career with the South | ||
Carolina Gamecocks from 1999 to 2004; and | ||
WHEREAS, Coach Holtz compiled nearly 250 wins as a college | ||
head coach, and at the time of his retirement, he was ranked third | ||
in victories among active coaches and eighth in winning | ||
percentage; he took teams to more than 20 NCAA bowl games, and he | ||
reached the pinnacle of success in 1988, when the Fighting Irish | ||
clinched the national championship after compiling a perfect | ||
12-0 record; other highlights include winning conference titles | ||
with the College of William and Mary in 1970, North Carolina | ||
State in 1973, and Arkansas in 1979; today, he remains the only | ||
college football coach to have ever piloted six different | ||
programs to bowl games, to have won bowl games with five | ||
different teams, or to have led four separate schools to Top 20 | ||
finishes; and | ||
WHEREAS, Widely revered for his contributions to the game, | ||
Coach Holtz has been the recipient of a host of accolades; in both | ||
1977 and 1988, he earned three prestigious honors: the Paul | ||
"Bear" Bryant Award, the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award, | ||
and Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year Award; | ||
moreover, he was presented with the 1972 Atlantic Coast | ||
Conference Coach of the Year Award, the 1977 Walter Camp Coach of | ||
the Year Award, and the 2000 Southeastern Conference Coach of the | ||
Year Award; in recognition of his many achievements, he was | ||
inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008; and | ||
WHEREAS, The tremendous passion, leadership, and vision | ||
that Lou Holtz brought to each of the football teams he guided | ||
continues to inspire generations of athletes and football fans | ||
alike, and his accomplishments are indeed deserving of special | ||
recognition; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th | ||
Legislature, hereby honor Lou Holtz for his exemplary career as a | ||
coach and extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be | ||
it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
prepared for Coach Holtz as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas Senate. | ||
Fallon | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on May 3, 2019. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |