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Article: HOLTZ LEAVING NOTRE DAME, WITH NO HINT OF HIS FUTURE PLANS.(Sports)
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- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Article date:
- November 20, 1996
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Lou Holtz tried to treat it like any other Tuesday. If he tried hard enough, maybe he could convince himself this wasn't his last football season at Notre Dame.
But his cover was blown as soon as he arrived for his weekly news conference. A cameraman reached out to hug Holtz as he passed, and the coach paused for a moment to return the embrace.
Then he walked onto the stage and confirmed what everyone already knew: After 11 seasons at Notre Dame, Lou Holtz is leaving.
``I feel worse than I've felt in a long time,'' he said. ``I do not feel good about this at all. But I do think it's the right thing to do.''
A successor hasn't been ...