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Football coach Louis Leo "Lou" Holtz (January 6, 1937 - March 4, 2026) was born in Follansbee, Brooke County, the son of Andrew Holtz (1911-1977) and Anne Marie Tychonievich Holtz (1917-1999). Andrew's father, Leo Holtz—Lou's grandfather—had moved...
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