| 1 | 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 690 |
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| 2 | 2 | | WHEREAS, In an exceptional career that spanned more than |
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| 3 | 3 | | four decades Lou Holtz distinguished himself as one of the top |
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| 4 | 4 | | coaches in college football; and |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, A native of West Virginia and a graduate of East |
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| 6 | 6 | | Liverpool High School in Ohio, Lou Holtz earned a bachelor's |
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| 7 | 7 | | degree at Kent State University, where he was a linebacker for |
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| 8 | 8 | | two seasons before an injury ended his playing career; he began |
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| 9 | 9 | | coaching as an assistant for the Iowa Hawkeyes football team in |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1960, and he later served in that role at the College of William |
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| 11 | 11 | | and Mary, the University of Connecticut, the University of South |
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| 12 | 12 | | Carolina, and Ohio State University; and |
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| 13 | 13 | | WHEREAS, His work as a head coach began in 1969 at William |
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| 14 | 14 | | and Mary; after directing the North Carolina State University |
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| 15 | 15 | | program from 1972 to 1975, he joined the NFL to helm the New York |
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| 16 | 16 | | Jets for the 1976 season; the following year, he returned to NCAA |
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| 17 | 17 | | football with the University of Arkansas, and he went on to coach |
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| 18 | 18 | | at the University of Minnesota before beginning his outstanding |
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| 19 | 19 | | 11-year run at Notre Dame; he closed out his career with the South |
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| 20 | 20 | | Carolina Gamecocks from 1999 to 2004; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | WHEREAS, Coach Holtz compiled nearly 250 wins as a college |
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| 22 | 22 | | head coach, and at the time of his retirement, he was ranked third |
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| 23 | 23 | | in victories among active coaches and eighth in winning |
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| 24 | 24 | | percentage; he took teams to more than 20 NCAA bowl games, and he |
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| 25 | 25 | | reached the pinnacle of success in 1988, when the Fighting Irish |
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| 26 | 26 | | clinched the national championship after compiling a perfect |
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| 27 | 27 | | 12-0 record; other highlights include winning conference titles |
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| 28 | 28 | | with the College of William and Mary in 1970, North Carolina |
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| 29 | 29 | | State in 1973, and Arkansas in 1979; today, he remains the only |
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| 30 | 30 | | college football coach to have ever piloted six different |
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| 31 | 31 | | programs to bowl games, to have won bowl games with five |
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| 32 | 32 | | different teams, or to have led four separate schools to Top 20 |
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| 33 | 33 | | finishes; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | WHEREAS, Widely revered for his contributions to the game, |
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| 35 | 35 | | Coach Holtz has been the recipient of a host of accolades; in both |
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| 36 | 36 | | 1977 and 1988, he earned three prestigious honors: the Paul |
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| 37 | 37 | | "Bear" Bryant Award, the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award, |
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| 38 | 38 | | and Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year Award; |
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| 39 | 39 | | moreover, he was presented with the 1972 Atlantic Coast |
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| 40 | 40 | | Conference Coach of the Year Award, the 1977 Walter Camp Coach of |
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| 41 | 41 | | the Year Award, and the 2000 Southeastern Conference Coach of the |
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| 42 | 42 | | Year Award; in recognition of his many achievements, he was |
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| 43 | 43 | | inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008; and |
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| 44 | 44 | | WHEREAS, The tremendous passion, leadership, and vision |
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| 45 | 45 | | that Lou Holtz brought to each of the football teams he guided |
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| 46 | 46 | | continues to inspire generations of athletes and football fans |
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| 47 | 47 | | alike, and his accomplishments are indeed deserving of special |
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| 48 | 48 | | recognition; now, therefore, be it |
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| 49 | 49 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th |
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| 50 | 50 | | Legislature, hereby honor Lou Holtz for his exemplary career as a |
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| 51 | 51 | | coach and extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be |
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| 52 | 52 | | it further |
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| 53 | 53 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be |
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| 54 | 54 | | prepared for Coach Holtz as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 55 | 55 | | Texas Senate. |
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| 56 | 56 | | Fallon |
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| 57 | 57 | | ________________________________ |
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| 58 | 58 | | President of the Senate |
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| 59 | 59 | | I hereby certify that the |
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| 60 | 60 | | above Resolution was adopted by |
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| 61 | 61 | | the Senate on May 3, 2019. |
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| 62 | 62 | | ________________________________ |
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| 63 | 63 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 64 | 64 | | ________________________________ |
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| 65 | 65 | | Member, Texas Senate |
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