How Lou Holtz's approach helps Notre Dame lacrosse prepare for John Hopkins
Johns Hopkins took a 12-9 loss to Notre Dame lacrosse in the 2023 NCAA quarterfinals and a 16-9 loss in South Bend to open the 2019 NCAA Tournament.
SOUTH BEND —Heading into this weekend's quarterfinal matchup with Johns Hopkins, Notre Dame lacrosse coach Kevin Corrigan will once again borrow from his well-worn book of coaching preparation. In part, that means using the time-tested buildup process perfected by the late Lou Holtz. “I came here when Lou Holtz was here, and I adopted some of his ways,” Corrigan, in his 38 th season at Notre Dame, said after practice on Wednesday, May 13.
“One of which is on Monday we suck, on Tuesday we’re not much better, on Wednesday we’re starting to get better, on Thursday we’re pretty good, and on Friday they can’t beat us. Rinse and repeat. ” Corrigan, with 381 career coaching wins and two national championships among his 29 NCAA Tournament appearances, knows by now what works and what doesn’t.
“There’s truth to it, too,” he said. “As you do prepare and start going against another team’s actions and things are different than they were the week before, you struggle with them early and you do try to figure them out. And hopefully by the time you get to the end of the week, you’re through that whole cycle.
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