December Card & Memorabilia Auction Dec 9 - 18/19
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/18/2022
Offered is a 1986 "SME Sales & Marketing Executives Minneapolis/St. Paul" Sales Executive of the Year award presented to University of Minnesota football head coach Lou Holtz. The award is a brown wood panel featuring a bronze-colored and black metal plaque engraved with the legend "Minnesota's 1985 Sales Executive of the Year Award Presented to Lou Holtz by Sales & Marketing Executives Minneapolis/St. Paul May 1986". Holtz accepted the head coaching job at the University of Minnesota before the 1984 season. The Golden Gophers had only won one game vs. Rice in 1983, but under Holtz won 4 games, including 3 in the Big Ten. In 1985 the team was 7-5 and were invited to the Independence Bowl, where they defeated Clemson 20–13. Holtz did not coach the Gophers in that bowl game, as he had already accepted the head coaching position at Notre Dame. This item comes with a LOA from Lou Holtz, and 100% of the net proceeds from the sale of this item will benefit the Holtz Charitable Foundation, Inc.