University of South Carolina Skip Holtz

skip holtz s father, lou

on december 4, 1998, university of south carolina announced lou holtz serve next head football coach. lou asked skip if move down columbia become offensive coordinator—the same position skip held during final 2 years @ notre dame. skip accepted offer, in part due desire live closer parents , children spend more time grandparents. in 1996, skip s mother, beth, diagnosed throat cancer. 2 years later, cancer spread liver, lung, adrenal glands, , ovary. meanwhile, skip , lou continued coach football @ south carolina. lou began struggle head coach, question of eventual successor arose. when skip hired in 1998, lou had included clause in hiring contract skip succeed him after retired. south carolina athletic director dave tanner rebutted saying, there no formal or informal guarantees @ him, , s helpful have potential succession in staff.

the 2000 , 2001 seasons brought south carolina national prominence consecutive outback bowl wins on ohio state , season ending rankings in top 25. however, after going 5–7 following 2 seasons , suffering season-ending blowout in 2003 intrastate rival clemson, skip demoted offensive coordinator , assistant head coaching positions quarterbacks coach. 4 assistant coaches—including team s defensive coordinator—were fired in same shakeup saw skip demoted. on november 22, 2004, 1 season after skip s demotion, lou holtz announced retiring head coach of south carolina. next day, south carolina announced steve spurrier next head football coach. coach spurrier announced keeping 3 members of lou holtz s staff. letters sent other staffers—including skip holtz—informing them not retained.