Brad Holland
Brad Holland (born December 6, 1956)
Teams coached: Cal State Fullerton Titans, San Diego Toreros
Cal State Fullerton record: 23-31 (.426)
San Diego record: 200-176 (.532)
Overall record: 223-207 (.519)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2003)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- WCC Tournament Champion: 1 (2003)
Awards:
- WCC Coach of the Year: 2 (1999, 2000)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2008-2010 | UC Santa Barbara (asst) |
| 1994-2007 | San Diego |
| 1992-1994 | Cal State Fullerton |
| 1988-1992 | UCLA (asst) |
Brad Holland Facts
- John Bradley Holland
- Born December 6, 1956
- Hometown: La Crescenta, California
- Alma Mater: University of California, Los Angeles (BA, 1979)
- Born in Montana, Holland was a star athlete (basketball and football) at Crescenta Valley HS in Southern California
- Went on to play four seasons at UCLA, two seasons each under head coaches Gene Bartow and Gary Cunningham
- Won four Pac-10 titles and played in the NCAA Tournament all four years he suited up for the Bruins
- Selected 14th overall in the 1979 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Lakers; played for the team for two seasons
- As a rookie, Holland was part of the Lakers’ 1980 NBA Championship team coached by Paul Westhead
- Also played for Pat Riley in LA, Gene Shue in Washington (1981) and Don Nelson in Milwaukee (1982)
- After retiring from injury in 1982, Holland worked in the private sector and was also a television broadcaster
- Got into coaching in 1988, spending four seasons on Jim Harrick‘s staff at alma mater UCLA
- Hired in 1992 to be the head coach at Cal State Fullerton, going 23-31 in two seasons at the helm
- Left for San Diego in 1994 and coached the Toreros for the next thirteen seasons
- Was 200-176 overall, finishing .500 or better in all but two seasons at the helm
- His 2002-03 Toreros team won the WCC Tournament to reach the NCAA Tournament for the third time in program history
- Became the school’s all-time wins leader in 2005, but two years later was fired (following three-straight winning seasons)
- After a year away, Holland spent two seasons assisting Bob Williams at UC Santa Barbara before retiring in 2010
Brad Holland Coaching Tree
- Randy Bennett (Saint Mary’s)
- James Borrego (Charlotte Hornets, Orlando Magic)
- Brian Fish (Montana State)
- Bob Hawking (Cal State Fullerton)
- Sam Scholl (San Diego)
- Kyle Smith (Stanford, Washington State, San Francisco, Columbia)
- Lamont Smith (San Diego)
- Bob Walsh (Maine, Rhode Island College)
- Marty Wilson (Pepperdine)