Brad Holland
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| Position | Guard |
|---|---|
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 217 lb (99 kg) |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Born | December 6, 1956 Billings, Montana |
| Pro career | 1979–1982 |
John Bradley (Brad) Holland (born December 6, 1956, in Billings, Montana) is an American former professional basketball player. He played for four years at UCLA (1976-79) and was the 14th player taken in the first round of the 1979 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Lakers. He served as a member of the 1980 NBA L.A. Lakers championship team. He was the University of San Diego head basketball coach until mid March, 2007.
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[edit] Career
[edit] College and professional basketball career
Brad Holland was a basketball and football star at Crescenta Valley High School. Furthermore, he was a four year letterman at UCLA, before entering the Los Angeles Lakers franchise in 1979 and other National Basketball Association teams, before retiring in 1982 with a knee injury. Next he entered private business and worked as a broadcaster at Prime Ticket from 1985-1998. He was the last player recruited by coach John Wooden, becoming part pac-10 championships at UCLA from 1996-1979, two under Coach Gene Bartow and two under Coach Gary Cunningham.
During that year he averaged in 17.5 points and 4.8 assists and had a .598 goal percentage, the best ever for a Bruin Guard. He graduated in 1979 from UCLA with a B.A. degree in Sociology. Holland also was a rookie guard who made eight points in a decisive sixth game at Philadelphia. He left his playing career in 1981-82 with the Washington Bullets and the Milwaukee Bucks.
[edit] Coaching Toreros
Hollands owns a 12 year mark of 164-150 at USD consisting of his two-year stint at Cal State Fullerton. His career coaching record stands at 187-181. During this tenure he owned nine seasons with .500 or better. From 1996-1997, he led the Toreros to a 17-11 record, those wins which were a personal best during his six collegiate years as head coach. This included the team's 17 victories against San Jose State, Cal State Fullerton, UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine. The Toreros went on to the semifinals of the WCC Tournament by defeeating Gonzaga first. They finished off strong, by winning several of the nine matches.
While coming up short, his team played Kansas for several points in Lawrence (1972-1979) and Stanford (1970-192) to two points at the San Diego Sports Arena. The season was highlighted earlier when the Toreros went visiting Notre Dame, 90-76; on December 3 before 6,522 fans in the audience at the San Diego Sports Arena. The 1995, 1996 club, ensured a lot of injuries, though finished strong and ended as 14-14. In his first USD year, he lead the Toreros to a 11-16 record, ranking 5th in the West Coast Conference.
[edit] 1992-1993: The Titans
Before the USD, Holland achieved rave reviews for the manner he redevelped the Cal State Fullertons Basketball program. During the 92'-93' season, Holland was head coach of the Titans finishing at 15-12, posting the school's first winning record while going 10-8 in the Big West Conference. Except for New Mexico State, they defeated everyone in the West conference, closing the year with a win over UNLV.
[edit] 1993-1994 team
His 1993-1994 team, lost three players by season-ending injuries prior to the beginning of the season, finishing 8-19 overall, eighth in Big West play. They'd have some memorable victories over Nevada State and UC Santa's Barbara Thunderdome.[1] They won the third year in UC Irvine, knocking UNLV with a 84-75 victory at the Thomas and Mack center. Holland was an assistant coach on Jim Harrick's staff at UCLA from August, 1988 to March, 1992 prior to the appointment.
He helped the Bruins return to national prominence with a 93-95 record which took them to four NCAA Tournaments. The Bruins finished at 102-17 during Hollands's playing career; he was honorable mention All-America and second-team Academic All-America as a senior.
[edit] Coaching success
As a coach, he achieved WCC coach of the year for the 1998-199 season, while directing USD to an 18-`9 record and second place finish in the West Coast Conference race (9-5).[2] Highlights for that team include an important win over Texas in the Terero Tip-off, and the team's upset over then No. 25-ranked Gonzaga (75-59, ending with a 14-14 record.
He earned the Toreros 20 wins and 10 WCC victories, the school's most since the 1987 season. The efforts earned Holland the WCC Coach of the Year by his peers for the second season in arow. The Toreros had won seven of their final ten games to finish strong again, a series of Holland coached teams. The season was marked by WCC wins at Gonzaga (82-70), and at home over WCC champion Pepperdine (73-62). The Toreros ended at 11-2 at home, and were 9-7 on the road, including an excellent 5-2 WCC road mark.
[edit] Latest coaching seasons
[edit] 2002-2003
In 2002-2003, Holland managed to guide USD to an impressive 18-12 record to the 2003 West Coast Conference Basketball Championship title and to its first trip to the NCAA tournament in sixteen years.
[edit] 2005-2006
The 05-06 season will be Holland's 12th helm of the USD's basketball program. He guided them to 108 victories over the past seven seasons including a personal-best 20 win season in 1999-2000. This past season he directed the Toreros to a 16-13 mark, which finished them off 3rd in the West Coast Conference. It tallied its biggest turnaround in Division I Basketball for the wins with an addition of twelve victories. With the teams 69-61 home win over San Francisco on February 9, Holland made his first career victory to become the programs all-winningest coach.
[edit] Trivia
- CollegeInsider.com named Holland as the 2004-05 West Coast Conference Coach of the Year. Seniors Brandon Gay and Brice Vounang were both named to the NABC District 15 Second Team.[3] on March 1, 2005
- Holland's 11th season was at Alaca park finishing with a 15-12 overall record and 7-7 in WCC standards.
- Holland has assured himself his 7th winning season and 9th campaign by a .500 or better mark.
- Holland's USD career mark before the Saturday's game in 2005 was 163-149.
- This included two years at CS Fullerton, which is his overall coaching record is 186-180.
- He is said to have many other options ahead.
- Senior center Jason Keep became USD's first ever 1st Team NABC District 15 selection Four seasons ago; for the second straight year, Holland directed the Toreros to a 16-13 mark and a semifinal appearance in the West Coast Conference Championships.
- Currently, Brad and his wife Leslie reside in Carlsbad, California, with three children: twin daughters Kristin and Lisa, and a 12-year-old son, Kyle.
Brad Holland was recently fired by the University of San Diego (San Diego Union Tribune, Mar. 8, 2007)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
Omalev • Radovich • Dye • McQuarn • Sneed • Holland • Hawking • Daniels • Burton
Johnson • McCutcheon • Harvey • Leslie • Baron • Woolpert • Bickerstaff • Brovelli • Egan • Holland • Grier
