Birmingham Stallions head coach Skip Holtz is taking some much-needed time to kick his feet up.
Back home in South Carolina, Holtz said he’ll relax and play a little golf after working 37 games over the last 14 months. Holtz led the Stallions to third straight championship in the inaugural UFL title game, a 25-0 humbling of the San Antonio Brahmas.
The Stallions have posted an impressive 32-4 record in three seasons under Holtz, dominating spring professional football during that span. Birmingham finished 11-1 this past season, and Holtz also served as a special assistant to interim head coach David Braun for Northwestern University in 2023, helping the Wildcats go 8-5 and win the Las Vegas Bowl.
Braun had the interim tag removed after the season was over.
Holtz said he’s excited to pursue a fourth straight title, and that’s the plan as it stands now. But plans change. Holtz said during his tenure leading the Stallions that he’s been contacted about vacancies to return as a head college football coach at a Group of 5 school.
Holtz, 60, was fired as the head coach of Louisiana Tech after eight seasons in 2021, leading that program to seven straight bowl games before suffering through a losing season his final year there.
Holtz followed in his father’s footsteps — legendary college football coach Lou Holtz — into the coaching business. He’s been a coach since 1987, including stops at Connecticut, East Carolina, South Florida and Louisiana Tech as a head coach.
“A lot of these Group of 5 schools, the expectations are higher than the reality or the investment that they’re willing to make,” Holtz said. “You always hear people talk about accomplishing more with less. I was just soured on it. … Right now, I’ve had a couple calls with an opportunity to go back to the Group of 5. Which I have not had a lot of interest in.
