Terry Holland

College coach infobox


Name = Terry Holland
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DateOfBirth = birth date and age|1942|4|2
Birthplace = Clinton, North Carolina
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Sport = Basketball
College = East Carolina University
Title = Athletic Director,
Executive Assistant to the Chancellor
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OverallRecord = Coaching
Davidson 92-43 [ [http://www.davidson.edu/administrative/library/archives/exhibits_basketball_coaches.asp Coaching ] ] .681
UVA 326-173 [http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/va/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/alltime.pdf] .653
Awards = ACC Coach of the year - 1981
National Coach of the Year runner-up - 1982
Championships = Coaching
UVA NIT Title 1980
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Player = Yes
Years = 1960-1964
Team = Davidson College
Position = Point guard
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CoachYears = 1969-1974
1974-1990
CoachTeams = Davidson College
University of Virginia
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Michael Terrence "Terry" Holland (born April 2, 1942 in Clinton, North Carolina) is the Athletics Director [ [http://www.news.ecu.edu/releases/dailyprogress.html Holland hired as ECU AD ] ] and Executive Assistant [ [http://www.ecu.edu/cs-admin/news/releases/2007/1/hollandcontract011107.cfm hollandcontract011107 ] ] to Chancellor Steve Ballard at East Carolina University. Holland went to Davidson College and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics in 1964. While at Davidson, Holland lettered in basketball for three years. His coach at Davidson was the legendary coach Charles "Lefty" Driesell. During his senior season in 1963-64, Holland served as captain of the first nationally-ranked basketball team (10th AP poll) in Wildcat history and topped the nation in field goal percentage (63.1). After graduating in '64 he stayed at Davidson to become an assistant basketball coach. Holland's 1966-1967 freshmen team went 16-0. Five years later, in 1969, he was promoted to head coach for the Wildcats. Showing his distinction as a coach, Holland was selected as the Southern Conference Coach-of-the-Year three times.

University of Virginia Years

On April 1, 1974, Coach Holland became Virginia's head men's basketball coach. As a Cavalier, Holland accumulated a winning record of 326-173, becoming the winningest men's basketball coach in UVA history. His tenure at Virginia also included a pair of Final Four appearances (1981 and 1984), a National Invitation Tournament title (1980), Virginia's only ACC Tournament Championship in 1976, and two Atlantic Coast Conference Coach-of-the-Year awards.

Back to the Alma Mater

In 1990, Holland went back to Davidson College to become the Athletics Director. While at Davidson, his efforts helped to modernize Davidson's athletics strategy. Holland co-chaired the Presidential Working Group on Athletic Policy that developed a new policy for athletics which was implemented in 1992 by the Davidson Board of Trustees. Holland oversaw Davidson's move back into the Southern Conference.

Holland also re-organized the Davidson Athletic Foundation, which resulted in the increase of fund-raising from $350,000 to $1,000,000. In addition, under his direction, Davidson hosted and sold-out the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championships for three consecutive seasons. Davidson also captured the first Barrett-Bonner Award, which recognizes the Southern Conference institution with the highest percentage of its student-athletes on the conference academic honor roll.

King Cavalier

In 1995, UVA came calling again for Coach Holland, this time for the Athletics Director position. One of the lasting legacies Holland left in Charlottesville, VA was the facility expansion. With the help of generous alumni, Holland initiatives include: the $86 million expansion of Scott Stadium and creation of the Carl Smith Center; construction of the Aquatics and Fitness Center, home to Virginia's swimming and diving teams and one of the nation's top collegiate recreation facilities; expansion and naming of the Sheridan Snyder Tennis Center; the University Hall Turf Field; and The Park, home to the Cavalier softball team.

In 1998-99, Virginia achieved its highest-ever finish in the Sears Directors Cup, an all-sports competition among NCAA Division I universities based on their performance in NCAA championships, taking eighth nationally. In 1999, the Charlotte Observer named Holland one of the 50 most influential figures in ACC basketball history.

In 2001, Coach Holland stepped down from the AD position to become the Special Assistant to the President of the University of Virginia.

The New Era at East Carolina

On September 8 2004, East Carolina University officially announced Terry Holland as the new Athletics Director. The job officially began on October 1. He agreed to a five year contract worth $276,000 the first year. On November 17, 2004, East Carolina announced that football coach John Thompson would not return for the 2005 season. To beef up the football program, Holland hired Skip Holtz as the new football coach on Dec 3, 2004. Continuing with the turnaround, on Feb 22, 2005 it was announced that Bill Herrion would not remain as head men's basketball coach after the season. At the time, Herrion was 69-96 in six seasons at ECU. On March 16, 2005 Holland hired South Carolina assistant Ricky Stokes, a former head coach at Virginia Tech, to be the men's basketball coach. Stokes played for Holland at Virginia. Also in 2005, Head Baseball Coach, Randy Mazey, resigned and was later replaced by Louisburg Coach Billy Godwin.

Coach Holland announced on June 23, 2005 a new policy in scheduling football opponents and scheduled future home-and-homes with in-state rivals North Carolina State and North Carolina, plus the University of Virginia, West Virginia, and Virginia Tech. Holland also scheduled the first ever men's basketball home game with an ACC opponent as Wake Forest is scheduled to visit Greenville in 2007. Holland was also instrumental in raising funding for a new football practice complex and new football meeting rooms, all through a fund raising campaign called the "Circle of Excellence". Holland announced future expansion plans of ECU’s Dowdy Ficklen Stadium in the summer of 2005. Tentative plans include expanding seating capacity to 50,000 and constructing a new multi-story football building/press box complex. Holland and his athletic staff ended the Men's soccer team late in 2005. On January 11, 2006, Chancellor Ballard announced that Coach Holland's contract was extended to 2011 and he assumed an additional role, "Executive Assistant to the Chancellor".

Other information

Holland has also been a highly-requested television analyst, working primarily for ESPN and the ACC Television Network from 1990 to 1996, handling approximately 20 games per year.

He has remained active in basketball circles. Holland was a member of the NCAA Basketball Committee, chairing the panel in 1997. He served on the Senior National Team Committee of USA Basketball from 1992 through 1996, and currently chairs the organization's Collegiate Committee, which he has served on since 1997.

One of Holland's assistants at both Davidson and UVA was Jim Larranaga, who became a media darling in 2006 as the head coach at George Mason after leading the Patriots to an improbable berth in that season's Final Four.

Holland's wife is named Ann. They have two daughters: Ann-Michael and Kate, and two grandsons Holland & Harrison Baynard. He is Presbyterian, an avid fisherman and boater.

References

External links

* [http://www.ncshof.org/inductees_detail.php?i_recid=44 North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame]
* [http://www.virginiasportshalloffame.com/hall/induct_holland.html Holland inducted into Virginia Sports Hall of Fame]