- Larry Holley
Larry Holley is an American
basketball coach. He is the head men's basketball coach at hisalma mater ,William Jewell College inLiberty, Missouri . With more than 750 wins he is among only 28 four-year college coaches to reach 700 wins. He ranks 1st all-time in career wins among four-year, college coaches coaching only at Missouri colleges and universities. He ranks 10th in career wins nationally among all active, four-year, college coaches and 3rd all time nationally among NAIA coaches.Holley's teams have won 20 games in a season 20 times and have posted both a 45-game conference winning streak and a 43-game home court winning streak.
He has received 14 Coach of the Year awards and has been elected to the
Greater Kansas City Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame , theMissouri Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame , theNAIA Hall of Fame and theWilliam Jewell College Athletic Hall of Fame .Holley joined William Jewell as head men's basketball coach for the 1979-1980 season after coaching four years at
Northwest Missouri State , six years atCentral Methodist University and one year atHarrisburg, Missouri High School.He is a native of
Jameson, Missouri .
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