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Wins, Losses, and Lessons

An Autobiography

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Wins, Losses, and Lessons

By: Lou Holtz
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Few people in the history of college sports have been more influential or had a bigger impact than Lou Holtz. Winner of the three national Coach of the Year honors, the only coach ever to lead six different schools to season-ending bowl games, and the ninth-winningest coach in college football history, Holtz is still teaching and coaching, although he is no longer on the gridiron.

In his most telling work to date, the man still known as "Coach" by all who cross his path reveals what motivated a rail-thin 135-pound kid with marginal academic credentials and a pronounced speech impediment to play and coach college football, and to become one of the most sought-after motivational speakers in history. With unflinching honesty and his trademark dry wit, Holtz goes deep, giving us the intimate details of the people who shaped his life and the decisions he would make that shaped the lives of so many others.

His is a storied career, and Holtz provides a frank and inside look at the challenges he overcame to turn around the programs at William and Mary, North Carolina State, Arkansas, and Minnesota. From growing up in East Liverpool, Ohio, to his early days as a graduate assistant at the University of Iowa, to his national championship runs at Notre Dame and his final seasons on the sidelines in South Carolina, Lou Holtz gives his best, a poignant, funny, and instructive look into a life well lived.

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Great and Inspiring

This book used the platform of sports to solidify in the reader a sense of motivation and inspiration. Coach Holtz uses regular stories to teach while entertaining with laughter.

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Great book by the coach!

Unbelievable book by coach Lou. First heard him speak at Brian Buffini event and I immediately bought his book. This book is well worth the listen! Thanks for sharing your life story coach!

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Lou Holtz is not only a great coach. But a great m

Loved it great story. by a great man God bless Lou Holtz and God bless Notre Dame.

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Great coach Better Human

Wonder story of leadership. Coach Holtz is one of the great ones. Good to hear him read this story.

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Humility, enthusiasm and principles

What a good life Coach Holtz lived. His principle led life with unmatched enthusiasm for people and football make for a really inspiring listen. Highly recommend.

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GREATTTT BOOK

God bless you Mr. Holtz. What a wonderful book. I laughed, cried and was inspired. WONDERFULLY DONE! 5 stars!

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true american story

great book. not a lot of details regarding how the game was played so it makes the story more universal. and it was drawn out. left you wanting more.

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What an amazing man.

Hearing Lou Holtz speak to me personally as he read his own words was amazing to me. I consider it an honor to own this book and will listen to it often. Thank you for the example you are to all of us, Coach Holtz.

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Lou Holtz

I love it when the author is alsoThe narrator and I’ve always been a fan of his. This is a wonderful book written by a wonderful person

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One of the GOATs

Living in South Bend, I’ve had the opportunity to hear Coach several times over the years, and he is hands down one of the greatest motivational speakers of all time. He can have you laughing one moment, crying the next and then be willing to walk on hot coals. But above all, he is a man of principle, of faith and integrity.

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