Personal
Holliday and his wife, Leslee, have two sons, Jackson (born December 4, 2003) and Ethan (born February 23, 2007), and a daughter, Gracyn (born November 7, 2009). He is the son of former Oklahoma State University (and current NC State associate head coach) Tom Holliday and the nephew of former Rockies scout Dave Holliday. Holliday's brother, Josh, is currently the head baseball coach at Oklahoma State University, having previously been an assistant at Vanderbilt University, Arizona State, Georgia Tech and North Carolina State. Holliday's brother also pitched to him during the 2007 Home Run Derby at AT&T Park in San Francisco.
Holliday currently lives in St. Louis, Missouri
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