East Carolina Pirates' Skip Holtz hired to coach South Florida Bulls South Florida will announce later Thursday that it has hired East Carolina's Skip Holtz to replace the recently fired Jim Leavitt as football coach, AOL Fanhouse is reporting.The 45-year-old Holtz led East Carolina to two consecutive Conference USA championships and 38 victories in four seasons. He also coached at Connecticut in the 1990s in the years before UConn became a Division I-A program.Holtz is the son of former Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz, now a college football analyst at ESPN.Leavitt was fired Jan. 8 for allegedly striking one of his players and then lying about the incident. He has hired an attorney, insisting his dismissal was unwarranted.South Florida... Skip Holtz reported to be new coach at USF The Web site Fanhouse is reporting this afternoon that East Carolina Coach Skip Holtz will take over at USF, replacing Jim Leavitt. The 45 year-old Holtz, ... Mutual interest between ECU coach, South Florida ORLANDO -- East Carolina coach Skip Holtz said Tuesday there is mutual interest between himself and South Florida to fill the vacancy created ... The Daily Reflector As it happened, much of Greenville continued to hold its collective breath wondering whether East Carolina head coach Skip Holtz's name will be attached to ... Mark Whipple at South Florida? Skip Holtz was assumed to be the No. 1 guy a couple of days ago but Canesport.com reports that Whipple, Florida assistant Dan McCarney and Michigan ... Trying to bust through Coach of the year: Skip Holtz, East Carolina. Holtz doesn't get enough credit for what he has done at ECU. The Pirates again won the league this season, ... College Football Nation Blog in AutoZone Liberty Bowl against Arkansas (three consecutive missed field goals short), but still had another fantastic season under coach Skip Holtz. And who knows? That might have been the swan song for Holtz, who has been the subject of a couple coaching rumors this week. 9. Troy: The Trojans captured their fourth consecutive Sun Belt title and nearly knocked off the Mid-American Conference champ in the GMAC Bowl. Troy has a lot coming back in 2010, but it will miss its offensive coordinator Neal Brown, who left for Texas Tech. 10. Middle Tennessee: The Blue Raiders became the first Sun Belt team to win 10 games in a season and d...

Holtz still top candidate; USF interviews ex-Buc Williams East Carolina's Skip Holtz is considered the leading candidate, but Holtz returned home to Greenville, NC, Tuesday night after talking with USF officials ...

Skip Holtz to be named USF's new football coach East Carolina coach Skip Holtz will be announced as USF's new head football coach on Friday after accepting the Bulls' offer on Thursday morning. Holtz had called a 1 p.m. meeting with his ECU staff and will address his team at 3 p.m. before heading to Tampa. His hiring ends a busy week for USF athletic director Doug Woolard following Friday's firing of coach Jim Leavitt after 14 years as head coach. Holtz, son of former Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz, has led ECU to back-to-back Conference USA championships and has been the primary focus of USF's search since he indicated an interest in the job on Sunday. He will be in place in time for both of USF's big recruiting weekends, w...

USC-bound Kiffin steals the show on disloyalty AP By MARTIN FENNELLY | The Tampa Tribune The subject is college coaching, but suddenly it isn't about Skip Holtz coming to South Florida. ...