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I'd say handling people is the most important thing you can do as a coach. I've found every time I've gotten into trouble with a player, it's because I wasn't talking to him enough.
Lou Holtz
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Lou Holtz
Age: 88
Born: 1937
Born: January 6
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Follansbee
West Virginia
Louis Leo Holtz
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