Tom Holliday (baseball)

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Tom Holliday
Current position
TitleManager
TeamChatham Anglers
ConferenceCape Cod Baseball League
Biographical details
Born (1953-03-05) March 5, 1953 (age 68)
Uniontown, Pennsylvania
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

Tom Holliday is an American college baseball coach, and is currently the Manager of the Chatham Anglers in the Cape Cod Baseball League. Holliday was named the Anglers manager on August 10, 2017,[1] following 40 consecutive years as either a Head Coach or Assistant Coach in Division One college baseball from 1976–2015,[2] during which his teams made 17 College World Series appearances and won two NCAA National Championships (Arizona State in 1977 & Texas in 2005).

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.[3] He then became the pitching coach and associate head coach at North Carolina State University from 2007–2014.[4] Holliday's final season coaching an NCAA baseball program was in 2015, when he spent one year as the pitching coach at Auburn University.[5]

The Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League named Holliday their manager on August 10, 2017.[6] Holliday succeeded John Schiffner, 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.[7]

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. Tom's older son, Josh Holliday, has been the head baseball coach at Oklahoma State University.[8]

Head coaching record[]

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Oklahoma State Cowboys (Big 12 Conference) (1997–2003)
1997 Oklahoma State 46–19 21–9 2nd NCAA Regional
1998 Oklahoma State 40–21 15–12 6th NCAA Regional
1999 Oklahoma State 46–21 18–9 4th College World Series
2000 Oklahoma State 36–22 14–13 6th
2001 Oklahoma State 42–22 16–14 5th NCAA Regional
2002 Oklahoma State 37–21 13–13 5th
2003 Oklahoma State 34–23 14–13 6th
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. ^ "Tom Holliday Named New Anglers Manager". www.chathamanglers.com. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  3. ^ http://www.texassports.com/news/2005/2/25/022505aac_76.aspx,
  4. ^ "AUBURNTIGERS.COM Tom Holliday Bio :: Auburn University Official Athletic Site Auburn University Official Athletic Site :: Baseball". Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  5. ^ "AUBURNTIGERS.COM Tom Holliday Bio :: Auburn University Official Athletic Site Auburn University Official Athletic Site :: Baseball". Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  6. ^ "Tom Holliday Named New Anglers Manager". www.chathamanglers.com. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  7. ^ "John Schiffner to Step Down at Season's End". www.chathamanglers.com. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  8. ^ "AUBURNTIGERS.COM Tom Holliday Bio :: Auburn University Official Athletic Site Auburn University Official Athletic Site :: Baseball". Retrieved 2017-10-24.

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