Tom Holliday (baseball)

Tom Holliday is an American former college baseball coach and current broadcaster.

Tom Holliday
Holliday with the Chatham Anglers in 2021
Biographical details
Born (1953-03-05) March 5, 1953
Uniontown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Playing career
1972–1973Yavapai
1974–1975Miami (FL)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1976Miami (FL) (GA)
1977Arizona State (GA)
1978–1996Oklahoma State (P/RC)
1997–2003Oklahoma State
2004–2006Texas (P)
2007–2014NC State (P)
2015Auburn (P/AHC)
Head coaching record
Overall281–150

Holliday spent 40 consecutive years as either a head coach or assistant coach in Division 1 college baseball from 1976–2015,[1] during which his teams made 17 College World Series appearances and won two NCAA National Championships (Arizona State in 1977 & Texas in 2005). He managed the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League from 2018 to 2023.

Career

Holliday spent 26 of his 40 years as an NCAA baseball coach at Oklahoma State University, where he was the head coach from 1997 to 2003. Those seven seasons represent Holliday's only collegiate head coaching experience, highlighted by a College World Series appearance in 1999. Before that, he was Oklahoma State's pitching coach and recruiting coordinator for 19 years, from 1978 to 1996.

Holliday was the pitching coach at the University of Texas from 2004 to 2006, and was part of the Longhorns' 2005 National Championship team.[2] He then became the pitching coach and associate head coach at North Carolina State University from 2007–2014.[3] Holliday's final season coaching an NCAA baseball program was in 2015, when he spent one year as the pitching coach at Auburn University.[4]

The Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League named Holliday their manager on August 10, 2017.[5] Holliday succeeded John Schiffner, then the winningest manager in league history, who retired after 25 years as Chatham's manager following the 2017 season to become an assistant coach at the University of Maine.[6] Under Holliday, the Anglers amassed a record of 84-91-18. In his first season, he led the club to the Cape League Championship Series before falling to the Wareham Gatemen. On June 12, 2023, in the middle of his fifth season with Chatham, Holliday resigned from the position of Anglers manager, citing "personal health reasons."[7][8]

Following his Division One coaching career, Holliday launched his broadcasting career as an analyst with Fox College Sports.[9] He also served as Dave Hunziker's analyst for Oklahoma State games on Big 12 Now on ESPN+ beginning in 2020.

Personal

Both of Holliday's sons are prominent baseball figures. His younger son, Matt Holliday, is a veteran Major League outfielder and a 2011 World Series Champion with the St. Louis Cardinals. Older son Josh Holliday is the head baseball coach at Oklahoma State University.[10]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Oklahoma State Cowboys (Big 12 Conference) (1997–2003)
1997 Oklahoma State 46–1921–92ndNCAA Regional
1998 Oklahoma State 40–2115–126thNCAA Regional
1999 Oklahoma State 46–2118–94thCollege World Series
2000 Oklahoma State 36–2214–136th
2001 Oklahoma State 42–2216–145thNCAA Regional
2002 Oklahoma State 37–2113–135th
2003 Oklahoma State 34–2314–136th
Oklahoma State: 281–150
Total:281–150

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References
  1. "Tom Holliday Named New Anglers Manager". www.chathamanglers.com. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  2. http://www.texassports.com/news/2005/2/25/022505aac_76.aspx, Archived 2017-10-24 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "AUBURNTIGERS.COM Tom Holliday Bio :: Auburn University Official Athletic Site Auburn University Official Athletic Site :: Baseball". Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  4. "AUBURNTIGERS.COM Tom Holliday Bio :: Auburn University Official Athletic Site Auburn University Official Athletic Site :: Baseball". Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  5. "Tom Holliday Named New Anglers Manager". www.chathamanglers.com. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  6. "John Schiffner to Step Down at Season's End". www.chathamanglers.com. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  7. "Health Issues Force Holliday to Leave Chatham Anglers". www.chathamanglers.com. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
  8. Brad Joyal (July 19, 2023). "Holliday Resigns As Anglers Manager, Marty Lees Takes Over". capecodchronicle.com. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
  9. "Tom Holliday Named New Anglers Manager". www.chathamanglers.com. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  10. "AUBURNTIGERS.COM Tom Holliday Bio :: Auburn University Official Athletic Site Auburn University Official Athletic Site :: Baseball". Retrieved 2017-10-24.
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