- Max Holm
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Max Holm 
Sport(s) College football Current position Team Geneva College Playing career 1960-1961 Westminster Position(s) end Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1972-1973 Geneva Head coaching record Overall 12-6-0 (0.667) Max Holm was an American football and basketball player and coach in the United States. He is credited with building one of the strongest defensive teams for NAIA football during his day.[1] He is one of the few "modern era" college coaches to have been both the head basketball coach and the head football coach at the same school in the same calendar year.[2]
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Playing history
A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,[3] Holm played as an offensive end for Westminster College[4] for the 1960 and 1961 seasons[5] under Hall of Fame coach Harold Burry.[6] Holm completed his high school football play at Peabody High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[7]
Coaching history
Geneva Basketball
Holm was the basketball coach for the Geneva College Golden Tornadoes located in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. He was head basketball coach for the 1971-1972 season, and then resigned to take the head football coach position at the same school.[8] Prior to being head basketball coach, he was an assistant in the program for two seasons.[9]
Geneva Football
Holm became the 26th head college football for Geneva[10] and he held that position for two seasons, from 1972 until 1973. His coaching record at Geneva was 12 wins, 6 losses, and 0 ties. As of completion of the 2007 season, this ranks him 14th at Geneva in total wins and fifth at Geneva in winning percentage (0.667).[11]
In his first year at Geneva, Holm led the charge of an exciting season[12] that began among concerns of relying heavily on sophomores[13] and ended with a record of 8 wins and 1 loss, with the sole loss coming on the last and highly anticipated[14] game of the season against Westminster College. The Golden Tornadoes were the nation's leading team against the rush while the Titans rushing attack was just average. Before the final game of 1972, Geneva's opponents could only average 48.3 yards per game on the ground.[15]
While at Geneva, he coached future National Football League player Bruce Craft, who played Offensive Tackle for the Dallas Cowboys.[16]
Holm resigned his position after the conclusion of the 1973 season.[17]
Coaching record
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Coaches# AP° Geneva (independent) (1972–1973) 1972 Geneva 8-1 1973 Geneva 4-5 Geneva: 12-6 Total: 12-6 (.667) National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title †Indicates BCS bowl game. #Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. References
- ^ Beaver Country Times "Max Holm Ex-Geneva Grid Coach" by Rich Emert, Nov 23, 1973
- ^ Beaver Country Times "Big Switch for Max Holm" by Ed Rose, Jr. Sep 2, 1972
- ^ New Castle News "This Afternoon" November 10, 1960
- ^ New Castle News "Titans Accept 7-0 Win in Dull Contest" October 16, 1961
- ^ New Castle News "Titan Girdders Report Sept. 5 August 30, 1961
- ^ Westminster College Athletics head coaching records
- ^ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Bulldogs Cop Second Game, 33-7" by Fred P. Alger, October 22, 1957
- ^ Beaver Country Times "Big Switch for Max Holm" by Ed Rose, Jr. Sep 2, 1972
- ^ Beaver Country Times "Max Holm Ex-Geneva Grid Coach" by Rich Emert, Nov 23, 1973
- ^ Derrick Daily News, "Sports" July 8, 1972
- ^ Geneva College coaching records
- ^ New Castle News "Geneva Still Perfect Following 28-12 Win" November 6, 1972
- ^ New Castle News "Geneva Counting on Sophomores" September 5, 1972
- ^ New Castle News "Old Rivalry Renewed Saturday" November 9, 1972
- ^ New Castle News "Westminster Rushes Past Geneva, 19-12" November 13, 1972
- ^ ESPN NFL Draft History
- ^ The Pittsburgh Press "Geneva Coach Holm Resigns" Nov 23, 1973
External links
Geneva Golden Tornadoes head football coaches William McCracken (1890–1896) • Ross Fiscus (1897–1899) • J. B. Craig (1900–1903) • Smith Alford (1904) • Archibald Leech (1905) • No team (1906) • Arthur McKean (1907–1911) • Graydon Long (1912) • Coligny Brainerd Metheny (1913–1916) • Phillip Henry Bridenbaugh (1917–1921) • Robert Park (1922) • Tom Davies (1923) • Jack Sack (1924) • Bo McMillin (1925–1927) • Mack Flenniken (1928–1929) • Howard Harpster (1930–1932) • Jimmy Robertson (1933) • Dike Beede (1934–1936) • Edgar P. Weltner (1937–1940) • Alured Ransom (1941) • Cal Hubbard (1942) • No team (1943–1945) • Alured Ransom (1946–1948) • Walter J. West (1949–1952) • Byron E. Morgan (1953–1962) • Donald Lederick (1963–1966) • Joe Banks (1967–1968) • Dan Frasier (1969–1971) • Max Holm (1972–1973) • Dick Lasse (1974–1975) • Gene Sullivan (1976–1992) • Geno DeMarco (1993– )
Categories:- Geneva Golden Tornadoes football coaches
- Westminster College (Pennsylvania) alumni
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