Tom Holliday

Thomas S. Holliday

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.
• Schools Yavapai College, University of Miami
• High School Uniontown (PA) High School

• Born March 5, 1953 in Uniontown, PA USA

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Biographical Information

Tom Holliday was an assistant coach at the University of Miami in 1976 and Arizona State University in 1977. He was then an assistant at Oklahoma State University from 1978 to 1996 and head coach from 1997 to 2003. Holliday took the Cowboys to the College World Series in 1999. He was the pitching coach at the University of Texas from 2004 to 2006, and was pitching coach and associate head coach at North Carolina State University from 2007-2014 and associate head coach of Auburn University in 2015 [1].

Holliday had been drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates out of junior college. After college, he played for Pittsburgh with the 1975 Niagara Falls Pirates, hitting .230/~.271/.302 in 33 games, primarily at catcher.

Holliday has two sons in baseball. His younger son Matt Holliday played in the major leagues from 2004 to 2018. His older son Josh Holliday played at OSU from 1996 to 1999, and also became a college coach. His grandson, Jackson Holliday, was the first overall pick in the 2022 amateur draft.

Related Sites

• NCSU bio