I still think this guy should be given a chance to get the job

[Big Old Booger]

The guy on the left:

One of the nation's most experienced college basketball minds, Joe Holladay is in his seventh season with the Tar Heels and his 17th as a member of Roy Williams' coaching staff.

Holladay will serve as Director of Basketball Operations this season after 16 years as an assistant coach. He has a combined record of 488-108 (81.9 percent) on the bench with Williams.

Holladay's duties include a number of behind-the-scenes and operational duties and he oversees the team's academic progress.

Holladay has worked closely over the years with the Tar Heel big men, including four-time first-team All-America and 2008 National Player of the Year Tyler Hansbrough. Under Holladay's tutelage, Hansbrough and Sean May have earned national player-of-the-year honors. Last season UNC won its second NCAA championship in the last five seasons and made its third Final Four appearance in five years.

Carolina won the 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament after also capturing the conference regular season title.

Holladay came to Carolina prior to the 2003-04 season and helped the Tar Heels return to the NCAA Tournament.

Seventeen of Holladay's players have been selected in the first round of the NBA Draft. Four of his student-athletes earned first-team academic All-America honors and he has coached 26 first-team academic all-conference honorees in the last 13 years.

Holladay joined Williams at the University of Kansas prior to the 1993-94 season after 23 stellar years as a high school coach, teacher and administrator. The Jayhawks posted a cumulative record of 312-71 (.815) during his tenure.

A 1969 University of Oklahoma graduate with a degree in history, Holladay was a standout guard for the Sooners from 1966-69. As a senior he served as team captain. Holladay earned a master's degree in counseling in 1975 from East Central State University in Oklahoma.

He went to Kansas after working 13 years as head coach and eight years as athletics director at Jenks (Okla.) High School. Holladay previously served as a prep coach in the Oklahoma towns of Norman, Bart-lesville, Tulsa, and Lindsay.

In 1998 Holladay was inducted into the Oklahoma High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame, and in 2002 he was inducted into the inaugural 20-member group of the Oklahoma Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

One of his top players at Jenks High School, Steve Hale, played at North Carolina from 1982-86 under then-assistant coach Roy Williams.

Holladay was an outstanding prep baseball player. He was selected by the Chicago White Sox in the Major League Baseball Draft.

Holladay and his wife, Roi, have a daughter, Heather, who is in television commercial production and is married to David Vigil. The couple's son, Boston Vigil, was born in 2009.

The Holladays' son, Mathew, is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy and UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School who works for Bank of America. He and his wife, Mishelle, live in Charlotte.

http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/holladay_joe00.html

 

[152219]

His graduation date at OU means he is over 60 years old. Not sure if having a coach for such a short time is a good idea. Was he discussed after Tubbs left? That would have been a better window for him to get the job.

 

[JustOkSooner701]

career assistant + HS coach... Rather have Geno

 

[Big Old Booger]

His graduation date at OU means he is over 60 years old. Not sure if having a coach for such a short time is a good idea. Was he discussed after Tubbs left? That would have been a better window for him to get the job.

No, but he was discussed and I think he interviewed when Sampson left.

He is over 60, but he could easily put in 10 years or so, and we bring in somebody to be his understudy much like Painter was at Purdue with Keady.

Now, who that understudy would be I have no clue but Holladay loves the program. His daughter told me it would be his dream job.

 

[StatGeek]

The guy on the left:

One of the nation's most experienced college basketball minds, Joe Holladay is in his seventh season with the Tar Heels and his 17th as a member of Roy Williams' coaching staff.

Holladay will serve as Director of Basketball Operations this season after 16 years as an assistant coach. He has a combined record of 488-108 (81.9 percent) on the bench with Williams.

Holladay's duties include a number of behind-the-scenes and operational duties and he oversees the team's academic progress.

Holladay has worked closely over the years with the Tar Heel big men, including four-time first-team All-America and 2008 National Player of the Year Tyler Hansbrough. Under Holladay's tutelage, Hansbrough and Sean May have earned national player-of-the-year honors. Last season UNC won its second NCAA championship in the last five seasons and made its third Final Four appearance in five years.

Carolina won the 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament after also capturing the conference regular season title.

Holladay came to Carolina prior to the 2003-04 season and helped the Tar Heels return to the NCAA Tournament.

Seventeen of Holladay's players have been selected in the first round of the NBA Draft. Four of his student-athletes earned first-team academic All-America honors and he has coached 26 first-team academic all-conference honorees in the last 13 years.

Holladay joined Williams at the University of Kansas prior to the 1993-94 season after 23 stellar years as a high school coach, teacher and administrator. The Jayhawks posted a cumulative record of 312-71 (.815) during his tenure.

A 1969 University of Oklahoma graduate with a degree in history, Holladay was a standout guard for the Sooners from 1966-69. As a senior he served as team captain. Holladay earned a master's degree in counseling in 1975 from East Central State University in Oklahoma.

He went to Kansas after working 13 years as head coach and eight years as athletics director at Jenks (Okla.) High School. Holladay previously served as a prep coach in the Oklahoma towns of Norman, Bart-lesville, Tulsa, and Lindsay.

In 1998 Holladay was inducted into the Oklahoma High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame, and in 2002 he was inducted into the inaugural 20-member group of the Oklahoma Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

One of his top players at Jenks High School, Steve Hale, played at North Carolina from 1982-86 under then-assistant coach Roy Williams.

Holladay was an outstanding prep baseball player. He was selected by the Chicago White Sox in the Major League Baseball Draft.

Holladay and his wife, Roi, have a daughter, Heather, who is in television commercial production and is married to David Vigil. The couple's son, Boston Vigil, was born in 2009.

The Holladays' son, Mathew, is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy and UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School who works for Bank of America. He and his wife, Mishelle, live in Charlotte.

http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/holladay_joe00.html

smells like John Phillips to me

 

[152219]

No, but he was discussed and I think he interviewed when Sampson left.

He is over 60, but he could easily put in 10 years or so, and we bring in somebody to be his understudy much like Painter was at Purdue with Keady.

Now, who that understudy would be I have no clue but Holladay loves the program. His daughter told me it would be his dream job.

Not a big fan of coach in waiting situations. Wish he was 50 and then I would be all for it.

 

[Big Old Booger]

Here's another choice who is under the radar:

Terry Stotts, a 14-year NBA coaching veteran, begins his first season with the Mavericks after serving as the head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks from 2005-07. Stotts guided the Bucks to their last postseason appearance (2005-06) after earning a 40-42 (.488) regular season record.

Stotts began his NBA coaching career under George Karl, spending five seasons with the Seattle SuperSonics and four with the Bucks. During that stretch, his teams finished each season above .500 and qualified for the playoffs in eight of nine seasons.

While in Seattle, the Sonics posted a 357-135 (.726) record, captured four Pacific Division titles, reached the Western Conference Finals twice and appeared in the 1996 NBA Finals. In four seasons as lead assistant in Milwaukee, Stotts helped the Bucks amass a 163-133 (.551) mark, highlighted by a Central Division Championship and a berth in the 2001 Eastern Conference Finals.

Stotts spent the 2004-05 season as the lead assistant with the Golden State Warriors under head coach Mike Montgomery. Prior to the 2004-05 campaign, Stotts spent two seasons in Atlanta. His first head coaching experience came with the Hawks when he replaced Lon Krueger on Dec. 26, 2002.

Stotts, a second round selection of the Houston Rockets in the 1980 NBA Draft, began his professional playing career in Italy before joining the CBA’s Montana Golden Nuggets. He returned to Europe for several seasons, playing in Spain and France, before joining Karl’s coaching staff with the CBA’s Albany Patroons in 1990-91. During his first year on a professional coaching staff, he helped lead the Patroons to an all-time CBA-best 50-6 record. Stotts coached the CBA’s Fort Wayne Fury for one season before joining the Sonics.

A four-year starter at the University of Oklahoma, Stotts earned All-Big Eight honors as a senior and was named Academic All-America in each of his final two collegiate seasons. He was named the OU’s outstanding senior student-athlete and was one of three individuals chosen nationally to receive an NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship. He earned a BS in Zoology and, in 1988, earned an MBA from his alma mater.

Stotts was born in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and raised in Illinois, Wisconsin, Guam and Indiana. Stotts and his wife, Jan, have been married 25 years and live in Dallas. terry.stotts@dallasmavs.com



http://www.nba.com/coachfile/terry_stotts/index.html

 

[Dr Sleep]

The guy on the left:

One of the nation's most experienced college basketball minds, Joe Holladay is in his seventh season with the Tar Heels and his 17th as a member of Roy Williams' coaching staff.

Holladay will serve as Director of Basketball Operations this season after 16 years as an assistant coach. He has a combined record of 488-108 (81.9 percent) on the bench with Williams.

Holladay's duties include a number of behind-the-scenes and operational duties and he oversees the team's academic progress.

Holladay has worked closely over the years with the Tar Heel big men, including four-time first-team All-America and 2008 National Player of the Year Tyler Hansbrough. Under Holladay's tutelage, Hansbrough and Sean May have earned national player-of-the-year honors. Last season UNC won its second NCAA championship in the last five seasons and made its third Final Four appearance in five years.

Carolina won the 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament after also capturing the conference regular season title.

Holladay came to Carolina prior to the 2003-04 season and helped the Tar Heels return to the NCAA Tournament.

Seventeen of Holladay's players have been selected in the first round of the NBA Draft. Four of his student-athletes earned first-team academic All-America honors and he has coached 26 first-team academic all-conference honorees in the last 13 years.

Holladay joined Williams at the University of Kansas prior to the 1993-94 season after 23 stellar years as a high school coach, teacher and administrator. The Jayhawks posted a cumulative record of 312-71 (.815) during his tenure.

A 1969 University of Oklahoma graduate with a degree in history, Holladay was a standout guard for the Sooners from 1966-69. As a senior he served as team captain. Holladay earned a master's degree in counseling in 1975 from East Central State University in Oklahoma.

He went to Kansas after working 13 years as head coach and eight years as athletics director at Jenks (Okla.) High School. Holladay previously served as a prep coach in the Oklahoma towns of Norman, Bart-lesville, Tulsa, and Lindsay.

In 1998 Holladay was inducted into the Oklahoma High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame, and in 2002 he was inducted into the inaugural 20-member group of the Oklahoma Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

One of his top players at Jenks High School, Steve Hale, played at North Carolina from 1982-86 under then-assistant coach Roy Williams.

Holladay was an outstanding prep baseball player. He was selected by the Chicago White Sox in the Major League Baseball Draft.

Holladay and his wife, Roi, have a daughter, Heather, who is in television commercial production and is married to David Vigil. The couple's son, Boston Vigil, was born in 2009.

The Holladays' son, Mathew, is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy and UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School who works for Bank of America. He and his wife, Mishelle, live in Charlotte.

http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/holladay_joe00.html

I am intrigued. Does he want to be a HC? How long would he want to coach for? Do players like him?

 

[Big Old Booger]

I am intrigued. Does he want to be a HC? How long would he want to coach for? Do players like him?

I met his daughter on a flight back to OKC from Chicago after the OU-Notre Dame game in 1999. She said the OU job was her dad's dream job and I know he applied when Sampson resigned and I also know Roy put in a good word for him and I think they interviewed him.

His daughter told me when he was at KU, he wore his O ring to work every day. Finally, after a few years or so, the KU athletic director, who I think was Bob Frederick at the time, approached him and basically told him that at coaches at KU don't wear anything with OU on it. I think he kept wearing it but turned it upside down or kept it in his pocket or something.

 

[soonernation75]

I am intrigued. Does he want to be a HC? How long would he want to coach for? Do players like him?

Look like he got demoted by his buddy from assistant coach to director of basketball operations. I bet he would be in over his head as a H.C.

 

[Big Old Booger]

Look like he got demoted by his buddy from assistant coach to director of basketball operations. I bet he would be in over his head as a H.C.

I don't think he got demoted. From what I understand, he requested the move to Dir of basketball ops so he could be at home more with family (not out recruiting). Maybe this is a signal he has given up on becoming the OU head coach?

I'm pretty sure he didn't get demoted though because he's been Roy's top asst. for a long time.

 

[boksooner]

Look like he got demoted by his buddy from assistant coach to director of basketball operations. I bet he would be in over his head as a H.C.

Where did you hear that he got demoted? He took a step down on his own, because he is transitioning towards retirement.

 

[Big Old Booger]

Where did you hear that he got demoted? He took a step down on his own, because he is transitioning towards retirement.

This is what I heard.

 

[Mr.B!!!]

Stotts is a darkhorse candidate that I'd forgotten about, nice thread.

 

[Tony]

Where did you hear that he got demoted? He took a step down on his own, because he is transitioning towards retirement.

Right. So I am not interested. OU may have been his dream job eleven years ago, but time changes things.

 

[boksooner]

Right. So I am not interested. OU may have been his dream job eleven years ago, but time changes things.

I agree. If a guy is ready to retire, is he really a good fit for a rebuild project?

 

[Sooner23]

He's old balls. No thanks.

 

[soonerlawyer]

Sorry I would have posted on this thread earlier but I spent 10 minutes laughing my a** off at the idea of Joe Holladay a head coach at any major university. If we need someone to schedule our recruiting visits, airline and hotel reservations, and keep track of our players classroom attendance then he is definitely your man. If we need someone who can recruit and knows a little something about Xs and Os he is definitely not your guy. I'm still giggling like a school girl on this one.

 

[scrybe]

He's old balls. No thanks.

LOL. Guess that makes me "old balls" too.

Hey, Booger. Holladay is my age, and I swear I can't remember much about him during his time at OU. Tell me who some of his teammates were. (Yeah, I know you've washed your hands of me, but maybe you can make this one exception).

 

[Big Old Booger]

Sorry I would have posted on this thread earlier but I spent 10 minutes laughing my a** off at the idea of Joe Holladay a head coach at any major university. If we need someone to schedule our recruiting visits, airline and hotel reservations, and keep track of our players classroom attendance then he is definitely your man. If we need someone who can recruit and knows a little something about Xs and Os he is definitely not your guy. I'm still giggling like a school girl on this one.

He directly coached Tyler Hansbrough and Sean May as coaching big men was his job. He was Roy's top assistant for a long time before asking to be moved to Director of basketball ops. He also recruited for Roy, but can't tell you which studs he recruited but I'm sure he recruited more than 1 for Roy.

I don't disagree that Holladay may not be a good choice, but I do disagree at your assessment of his experience. If you read the article you would see his experience and what would qualify him to do the job.