Northwestern hires USFL coach Skip Holtz as special assistant
This is one for the books.
A USFL coach — a two-time champion, no less — will be a special assistant to the head coach at Northwestern in 2023.
Skip Holtz has agreed to the position at the scandal-scarred Big Ten school.
Oh, and the gig won’t interfere with his USFL duties.
Northwestern fired longtime head coach Pat Fitzgerald this summer after a scandal blew up in the faces of the Wildcat administration.
Sources: Northwestern has agreed in principle to hire Skip Holtz as the special assistant to the head coach for the 2023 season. Holtz’s assignment is temporary and won’t interfere with his USFL job as the head coach of the Birmingham Stallions. pic.twitter.com/tWkei4qhLT
— Pete Thamel (@PeteThamel) July 31, 2023
David Braun is the interim head coach. He steps into a team that went 1-11 in 2022. The lone win came in the first game of the season over Nebraska in Ireland.
Holtz has led the Birmingham Stallions to consecutive USFL championships.
