December Card & Memorabilia Auction Dec 9 - 18/19
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/18/2022
Presented is a 1988 American Football Coaches Association award presented to University of Notre Dame football head coach Lou Holtz and his staff. The brown wood plaque features a bronze colored metal plaque at the top center with the logo of "The American Football Coaches Association Founded 1922" engraved with the figure of a coach standing behind a kneeling football player, pointing towards a field. Below the logo plate is a black metal plaque etched in gold with the caption ""1988 INDEPENDENT Ranked in Top 10 NCAA Division I-A University of Notre Dame". At the lower center is another black metal plate etched in gold with the caption "The AMERICAN FOOTBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION Congratulates LOU HOLTZ and His Staff Presented by the Gerrits/Pepsi-Cola Foundation". The 1988 college football season was Holtz's third season with the Fighting Irish, who won all eleven of their regular season games and defeated the third-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers 34–21 in the Fiesta Bowl, claiming the national championship. 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.