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Absolutely. There are a 1000 better coaches in the cities, but I'm the best in the country.

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Lou Holtz
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: January 6
American Football Coach
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Football Coach
Follansbee
West Virginia
Louis Leo Holtz
Louis Holtz
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