ORLANDO, Fla. – Long-time Orlando resident and legendary football coach Lou Holtz will be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom Thursday. President Donald Trump is expected to award Holtz the nation’s highest civilian honor during a ceremony at the White House. Holtz ended his career at the University of South Carolina, where he was head coach for six seasons from 1999-2004. In a statement released by the White House, Holtz was praised not only for his coaching career but his charity work off the field. Holtz is a long-time resident of the Lake Nona Golf and Country Club.

Sacred Heart University has converted a 34-room guest house at the former Connecticut headquarters of General Electric to quarantine students. The Air Force Academy sent 400 cadets to hotels to free up space on its Colorado base for quarantines. The university banned on-campus events for two weeks and the city of Tuscaloosa ordered bars closed amid concern about virus spread. More than 1,000 have tested positive for COVID-19 so far, with many more ordered into quarantine after exposure to COVID-positive students. He said its just going to be hard to do in dorms, frat houses or places where students congregate.