A legendary coach of Notre Dame's famous college football team has defended the team's "Fighting Irish" nickname and claimed that it originated from the college's fight against the Ku Klux Klan.

You can't tell the history of college football without Notre Dame, and you can't tell the history of Notre Dame without great rivalries.

F ormer Notre Dame Fighting Irish Coach Lou Holtz retired with a 249-132-7 record as the leader of the South Bend, Ind. based college football powerhouse, having won the national title in 1988 ...

The recent Notre Dame commit said his official visit with the Fighting Irish following his meeting with the Ducks was all he ...

Lou Holtz posted that if Notre Dame loses it will be to “preserve Ryan Day's job” despite telling the Toledo Blade he has no issue with Day. Please click here if you are not redirected within ...

F ormer Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz fired a jab at Ohio State coach Ryan Day Wednesday, continuing one of college football's strangest feuds. Responding to an ESPN video questioning whether Holtz ...

Former Notre Dame Fighting Irish football head coach, Lou Holtz. ... Lou Holtz led the Irish to a national championship victory in 1988.

Lou Holtz visited his old stomping grounds on Saturday as the former national title-winning Fighting Irish football coach spoke at the commencement program for the Alliance for Catholic Education ...

Holtz was a college football head coach for 33 years, but he had the most success at Notre Dame over an 11-year stretch. Prior to coaching Notre Dame, Holtz had separate stints leading William ...

Former Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz fired a jab at Ohio State coach Ryan Day Wednesday, continuing one of college football's strangest feuds. Responding to an ESPN video questioning whether Holtz ...