Wins, Losses, and Lessons

An Autobiography

By: Lou Holtz

Narrated by: Lou Holtz

When I die and people realize that I will not be resurrected in three days, they will forget me. That is the way it should be. For reasons known only to God, I was asked to write an autobiography. Most people who knew me growing up didn't think I would ever read a book, let alone write one.—Lou Holtz

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"" 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 life 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.

GREATTTT BOOK

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

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.

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.

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

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.