Holtz’s Human Touch Revives Program

Posted Aug 28, 2010 by Scott Carter

Updated Aug 29, 2010 at 10:49 PM

VERO BEACH - Not long after unpacking at Dodgertown earlier this month, first-year University of South Florida football coach Skip Holtz noticed a young boy and his father.

Holtz had brought his team, still reeling from a tumultuous split with former Bulls coach Jim Leavitt, to Vero Beach to get away from potential distractions. During a 12-day camp, he wanted to bond with his players and for the players to get to know each other better. What no one could have envisioned before the Bulls loaded up for the three-hour drive across the state was that
8-year-old Cody Urbanczyk would become a building block.

In Holtz’s world, coaching is more about relationships than third-down calls. He seeks a human touch in an era when many coaches have become more isolated, and Cody played a key role in the Bulls’ bonding process.

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