Confident hands. Winning hands. Still, head coach Lou Holtz would find a way to keep everyone on staff on the edge. Or the ledge. One spring day, it happened.

Confident hands. Winning hands. Still, head coach Lou Holtz would find a way to keep everyone on staff on the edge. Or the ledge. One spring day, it happened.

Pete Cordelli spent 5 years as an assistant coach at Notre Dame under Lou Holtz. The Irish won a lot of games, and Cordelli experienced a lot of memorable moments.

Under Coach Lou Holtz, practice wasn’t just about plays; it was about purpose. In December of 1991, Notre Dame was preparing to face Florida in the Sugar Bowl —an underdog story from the start.

Pete Cordelli spent 5 years as an assistant coach at Notre Dame under Lou Holtz. The Irish won a lot of games, and Cordelli experienced a lot of memorable moments.

Former Notre Dame football head coach Lou Holtz had a way of keeping his staff on edge, even soon after the 1988 national championship season. Tribune File Photo/Ed Ballotts© ED BALLOTTS, SOUTH ...

Spaun calls those motivational dialogues, Schriber’s “Lou Holtz talks,” coined after the former football coach with whom Schriber has traded wisdom. “He once told me, either you give your guys a hug, ...

Lou Christie, the singer behind the 1966 No. 1 hit “Lightnin’ Strikes,” died June 18, 2025 at the age of 82 Known for his distinctive falsetto, Christie blended doo-wop, pop and rock ...

Lou Christie, the falsetto singer-songwriter who had Top 10 hits with "Lightnin' Strikes," "Two Faces Have I" and "I'm Gonna Make You Mine," has died at 82.

Lou Christie graduated from Moon Area High School and was most known for the song "Lightnin' Strikes," a No. 1 hit on the Billboard charts in 1966.