Men's Basketball

Joe Holladay

Assistant coach

Age: 55

Hired by University of Kansas in 1993

Oklahoma State University, '69

Joe Holladay's Odds
COACHING EXPERIENCE
1970-71 — Norman HS, Assistant Coach
1972-75 — Lindsay HS, Head Coach
1976-78 — Bartlesville HS, Head Coach
1979-82 — Jenks HS, Head Coach
1983-84 — Tulsa Union HS, Head Coach
1985-92 — Jenks HS, Head Coach
1994-2003 — Kansas, Assistant Coach

COACHING HONORS
2002 Oklahoma High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame

EDUCATION
University of Oklahoma, B.A., 1969
East Central State University, M.S. 1975
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
University of Oklahoma, 1967-69

PERSONAL
Born Sept 14. 1947 in Duncan, Okla.
Wife: Roi
Children: Heather, Mathew

COACHING HISTORY

1994-Present — University of Kansas, Assistant Coach

• Big 12 Conf. Regular Season Finalist, 2001
• Big 12 Conf. Regular Season Champion, 2002
• Big 12 Conf. Tournament Finalist, 2002
• Big 12 Regular Season Champion, 2003
• NCAA Tournament 2nd Round, 1998-2000
• NCAA Tournament Sweet 16, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001.
• NCAA Tournament Elite 8, 1996.
• NCAA Tournament Final Four, 2002-03.
• NCAA Tournament Finalist, 2003.

ASSISTANT COACHING RECORD
University of Kansas, Head Coach Larry Brown
1985-86      35-4 (.897)

Oklahoma State University
Head Coaches:
Leonard Hamilton (1987-90); Eddie Sutton (1991-93)

1993-94      27-8 (.771)
1994-95      25-6 (.806)
1995-96      29-5 (.853)
1996-97      34-2 (.944)
1997-98      35-4 (.897)
1998-99      23-10 (.697)
1999-2000   24-10 (.706)
2000-01      26-7 (.788)
2001-02      33-4 (.892)
2002-03      30-8 (.789)
10 Years      286-64 (.817)
BIOGRAPHY:

Joe Holladay, who enters his ninth season as a Jayhawk assistant coach, was promoted within the staff ranks after the 1998-99 season.
• Served as an assistant coach at the University of Kansas under Roy Williams since 1993.
When former Kansas assistant coach Matt Doherty resigned to take over the head coaching duties at Notre Dame, Holladay took on Doherty's off-campus recruiting duties in addition to his other assignments within the program.

At Kansas, Holladay's duties include recruiting, scouting and involvement with the day-to-day operations of the basketball office. One of his main responsibilities is overseeing the academic progress of the players. Over the last six years, Jayhawk players have earned first team academic all-conference honors 18 times.

After a career as a highly successful coach, teacher and administrator on the high school level for 24 years, Holladay joined the Kansas staff prior to the 1993-94 season. Since his arrival at KU, the Jayhawks have produced a cumulative record of 249-59 (.808), won four conference championships and three Big 12 Tournament titles.
Williams' choice to replace him at KU, but Holladay may be seen as a too close to Roy to take over the reigns.
After a career as a highly successful coach, teacher and administrator on the high school level for 24 years, Holladay joined the Kansas staff prior to the 1993-94 season. Since his arrival at KU, the Jayhawks have produced a cumulative record of 249-59 (.808), won four conference championships and three Big 12 Tournament titles.

A 1969 University of Oklahoma graduate with a degree in pre-law, Holladay was a standout guard for the Sooners from 1967-69. As a senior, he served as team captain.

Shortly after graduating from Oklahoma, Holladay embarked on a 24-year career as a coach, teacher and athletics director in the Oklahoma prep ranks.

Holladay earned a master's degree in counseling in 1975 from East Central State University in Oklahoma.

He came to Kansas after working 13 years as a head coach and eight years as athletics director at Jenks (Okla.) High School. Holladay previously served as a coach on the prep level in the Oklahoma towns of Norman, Bartlesville and Lindsay.


• * Notebook: Holladay proud of son (4-02-03)
• * Oklahoma honors Holladay (6-21-02)
In 1998, Holladay was inducted into the Oklahoma Coaches Hall of Fame. In 1982, one of his top players, Steve Hale, played at North Carolina under then-assistant coach Roy Williams.

Holladay was an outstanding prep baseball player who was selected in the Major League Baseball draft out of high school.

Holladay and his wife, Roi, a school teacher, have a daughter, Heather, who is in television commercial production, and a son, Mathew, who is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy and is stationed in Italy.

—Courtesy of kuathletics.com