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Longtime Football Coach Lou Holtz to Get Medal of Freedom

Longtime Football Coach Lou Holtz to Get Medal of Freedom
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Friday, 04 September 2020 07:33 PM EDT

President Donald Trump said Friday he intends to give the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, to longtime football coach Lou Holtz.

Trump made the announcement at the White House as Holtz looked on. The president did not announce a date for the ceremony but said it would be soon.

Holtz spent 34 years coaching both college and professional football teams and is perhaps best known for an 11-season stint as Notre Dame's head coach. Holtz ended his career at the University of South Carolina, where he was head coach for six seasons from 1999-2004.

Holtz was among those who spoke at last week’s Republican National Convention. In his remarks, Holtz called Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden a Catholic “in name only.”

Biden is a practicing Catholic.

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President Donald Trump said Friday he intends to give the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, to longtime football coach Lou Holtz.Trump made the announcement at the White House as Holtz looked on. The president did not announce a date for...
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