Lou Holtz Comments on Immigration at Republican National Convention

After announcing he was supporting Donald Trump's presidential campaign, College Football Hall of Famer Lou Holtz offered some controversial remarks about immigration at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday.

Per Betsy Woodruff of the Daily Beast, Holtz said, "I don't want to celebrate your holidays; I sure as hell don't want to cheer for your soccer team," regarding immigrants. 

Woodruff also noted Holtz said he doesn't "want to speak their language." 

Zach Barnett of College Football Talk suggested some irony in the fact that Holtz was the head football coach at a school whose nickname was the Fighting Irish and whose full name—the University of Notre Dame du Lac—is French. 

It's unclear exactly how closely Holtz has followed Trump's presidential campaign, but in his official endorsement, the 79-year-old said "the main reason I'm endorsing him: I've played his golf course [and] I've stayed in his hotel," per Matt Bonesteel of the Washington Post.

Holtz has been an active member of the Republican Party for years and has appeared on various Fox News and Fox Business shows. He worked as a college football analyst at ESPN starting in 2005 before leaving the network in 2015.