Lou Holtz to Keynote Vipar Heavy Duty Event
Former NCAA football coach and ESPN analyst Lou Holtz will serve as the keynote speaker for the Vipar Heavy Duty Annual Business Conference scheduled for Oc. 18 -23, 2015.

Lou Holtz Photo courtesy of Vipar Heavy Duty

Former NCAA football coach and ESPN analyst Lou Holtz will serve as the keynote speaker for the Vipar Heavy Duty Annual Business Conference scheduled for Oc. 18 -23, 2015.
Holtz’s keynote will cover a “Game Plan for Success” and will take place at a lunch presentation on Oct. 22. In Holtz’s career he took six different college football teams to bowl games winning with five of them. Best known for his time as Notre Dame’s head coach for 11 seasons, Holtz was also a popular football analyst for ESPN until 2015.
“He has built a reputation as a motivator, a demanding disciplinarian and someone who relishes challenges and hard work,” said Steve Crowley, Vipar Heavy Duty president. “We look forward to his presentation on overcoming difficult challenges by setting your own goals and working to achieve them.”
The Vipar Heavy Duty Annual Business Conference brings together Vipar distributors, supplier partners and industry associates to exchange ideas and information. This yeas conference will feature a general session, trade show, one-on-one stockholder and supplier meetings, as well as the annual stockholder meeting.
For more information on the event, click here.
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