Coaching Success
As a coach, he achieved WCC coach of the year for the 1998-1999 season, while directing USD to an 18-9 record and second place finish in the West Coast Conference race (9-5). Highlights for that team include an important win over Texas in the Torero Tip-off, and the team's upset over then No. 25-ranked Gonzaga 75-59.
In 1999-2000, Holland earned the Toreros 20 wins and 10 WCC victories, the school's most since the 1987 season. The efforts earned Holland the WCC Coach of the Year by his peers for the second season in a row. The Toreros had won seven of their final ten games to finish strong again, a hallmark of Holland coached teams. The season was marked by WCC wins at Gonzaga (82-70) and at home over WCC champion Pepperdine (73-62). The Toreros ended at 10-2 at home, and were 9-7 on the road, including an excellent 5-2 WCC road mark.
CollegeInsider.com named Holland as the 2004-05 West Coast Conference Coach of the Year. Seniors Brandon Gay and Brice Vounang were both named to the NABC District 15 Second Team.
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