Terry Holland
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Michael Terrence "Terry" Holland (born April 2, 1942 in Clinton, North Carolina
Clinton, North Carolina
Clinton is the county seat of Sampson County, North Carolina, United States. The population of Clinton is 8,639 according to the 2010 US Census. Clinton is named for American Revolution General Richard Clinton.-History:...

) is the Athletics Director and Executive Assistant to Chancellor Steve Ballard at East Carolina University
East Carolina University
East Carolina University is a public, coeducational, engaged doctoral/research university located in Greenville, North Carolina, United States. Named East Carolina University by statute and commonly known as ECU or East Carolina, the university is the largest institution of higher learning in...

. He is perhaps best known for his years as Coach of Virginia's
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...

  men's basketball team.

Davidson College as coach

Holland went to Davidson College
Davidson College
Davidson College is a private liberal arts college in Davidson, North Carolina. The college has graduated 23 Rhodes Scholars and is consistently ranked in the top ten liberal arts colleges in the country by U.S. News and World Report magazine, although it has recently dropped to 11th in U.S. News...

 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...

 degree in Economics
Economics
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 in 1964. While at Davidson, Holland lettered in basketball
Basketball
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 for three years. His coach at Davidson was the legendary coach Charles "Lefty" Driesell. During his senior season in 1963-64, Holland served as captain
Captain (sports)
In team sports, a captain is a title given to a member of the team. The title is frequently honorary, but in some cases the captain may have significant responsibility for strategy and teamwork while the game is in progress on the field...

 of the first nationally-ranked basketball team (10th AP poll) in Wildcat history and topped the nation in field goal percentage (63.1). After graduating in 1964 he stayed at Davidson to become an assistant basketball coach
Coach (basketball)
Basketball coaching is the act of directing and strategizing the behaviour of a basketball team or individual basketball player. Basketball coaching typically encompasses the improvement of individual and team offensive and defensive skills, as well as overall physical conditioning.Coaching is...

. Holland's 1966-1967 freshmen team went 16-0. Five years later, in 1969, he was promoted to head coach
Head coach
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 for the Wildcats. Showing his distinction as a coach, Holland was selected as the Southern Conference
Southern Conference
The Southern Conference is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North...

 Coach-of-the-Year three times.

University of Virginia as coach

On April 1, 1974, Coach Holland became Virginia's
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...

 head men's basketball coach. As a Cavalier
Virginia Cavaliers
The Virginia Cavaliers, also known as Wahoos or Hoos, are the athletic teams officially representing the University of Virginia in college sports. The Cavaliers compete in 25 NCAA Division I varsity sports and are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference...

, Holland accumulated a winning record of 326-173, becoming the winningest men's basketball coach in UVA history. His tenure at Virginia also included a pair of Final Four
Final four
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 appearances (1981 and 1984), a National Invitation Tournament
National Invitation Tournament
The National Invitation Tournament is a men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. There are two NIT events each season. The first, played in November and known as the Dick's Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off , was founded in 1985...

 title (1980), Virginia's only ACC Tournament Championship in 1976, and two Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic Coast Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC sanctions competition in twenty-five sports in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its twelve member universities...

 Coach-of-the-Year awards.

Davidson College as athletic director

In 1990, Holland went back to Davidson College
Davidson College
Davidson College is a private liberal arts college in Davidson, North Carolina. The college has graduated 23 Rhodes Scholars and is consistently ranked in the top ten liberal arts colleges in the country by U.S. News and World Report magazine, although it has recently dropped to 11th in U.S. News...

 to become the Athletics Director. While at Davidson, his efforts helped to modernize Davidson's athletics strategy. Holland co-chaired the Presidential Working Group on Athletic Policy that developed a new policy for athletics which was implemented in 1992 by the Davidson Board of Trustees. Holland oversaw Davidson's move back into the Southern Conference
Southern Conference
The Southern Conference is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North...

.

Holland also re-organized the Davidson Athletic Foundation, which resulted in the increase of fund-raising from $350,000 to $1,000,000. In addition, under his direction, Davidson hosted and sold-out the NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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 Division I Men's Soccer Championships
NCAA Men's Soccer Championship
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 for three consecutive seasons. Davidson also captured the first Barrett-Bonner Award, which recognizes the Southern Conference
Southern Conference
The Southern Conference is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North...

 institution with the highest percentage of its student-athletes on the conference academic honor roll.

UVA as athletic director

In 1995, UVA came calling again for Coach Holland, this time for the Athletics Director position. One of the lasting legacies Holland left in Charlottesville, VA was the facility expansion. With the help of generous alumni, Holland initiatives include: the $86 million expansion of Scott Stadium
Scott Stadium
Scott Stadium , located in Charlottesville, Virginia, is the home of the Virginia Cavaliers football team. It sits on the University of Virginia's Grounds, east of Hereford College and first-year dorms on Alderman Road but west of Brown College and the Lawn...

 and creation of the Carl Smith Center
Scott Stadium
Scott Stadium , located in Charlottesville, Virginia, is the home of the Virginia Cavaliers football team. It sits on the University of Virginia's Grounds, east of Hereford College and first-year dorms on Alderman Road but west of Brown College and the Lawn...

; construction of the Aquatics and Fitness Center, home to Virginia's swimming and diving teams and one of the nation's top collegiate recreation facilities; expansion and naming of the Sheridan Snyder Tennis Center
Sheridan Snyder Tennis Center
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; the University Hall Turf Field; and The Park, home to the Cavalier softball team.

In 1998-99, Virginia achieved its then-highest-ever finish in the Sears Directors Cup, an all-sports competition among NCAA Division I universities based on their performance in NCAA championships, taking eighth nationally. In 1999, the Charlotte Observer named Holland one of the 50 most influential figures in ACC basketball history
Atlantic Coast Conference
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.

In 2001, Coach Holland stepped down from the AD position to become the Special Assistant to the President of the University of Virginia
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...

.

East Carolina University

On September 8, 2004, East Carolina University officially announced Terry Holland as the new Athletics Director. The job officially began on October 1. He agreed to a five year contract worth $276,000 the first year. On November 17, 2004, East Carolina announced that football coach John Thompson would not return for the 2005 season. To beef up the football program, Holland hired Skip Holtz
Skip Holtz
Louis Leo "Skip" Holtz, Jr. is the head coach of the University of South Florida football team. For the previous five years, he served as the head coach of the East Carolina University football team...

 as the new football coach on Dec 3, 2004. Continuing with the turnaround, on Feb 22, 2005 it was announced that Bill Herrion
Bill Herrion
Bill Herrion is an American college basketball coach. Since 2005, he has been the men's head coach with the University of New Hampshire. Prior to coming to UNH, he served as the head coach at East Carolina University and Drexel University. He has been an assistant with Boston University, George...

 would not remain as head men's basketball coach after the season. At the time, Herrion was 69-96 in six seasons at ECU. On March 16, 2005 Holland hired South Carolina
South Carolina
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 assistant Ricky Stokes, a former head coach at Virginia Tech, to be the men's basketball coach. Stokes played for Holland at Virginia
Virginia Cavaliers
The Virginia Cavaliers, also known as Wahoos or Hoos, are the athletic teams officially representing the University of Virginia in college sports. The Cavaliers compete in 25 NCAA Division I varsity sports and are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference...

. Also in 2005, Head Baseball Coach, Randy Mazey, resigned and was later replaced by Louisburg Coach Billy Godwin.

Coach Holland announced on June 23, 2005 a new policy in scheduling football opponents and scheduled future home-and-homes with in-state rivals North Carolina State and North Carolina, plus the University of Virginia, West Virginia, and Virginia Tech. Holland also scheduled the first ever men's basketball home game with an ACC opponent as Wake Forest visited Greenville in 2007. Holland was also instrumental in raising funding for a new football practice complex and new football meeting rooms, all through a fund raising campaign called the "Circle of Excellence". Holland announced future expansion plans of ECU’s Dowdy Ficklen Stadium in the summer of 2005. Tentative plans include expanding seating capacity to 50,000 and constructing a new multi-story football building/press box complex. Holland and his athletic staff ended the Men's soccer team late in 2005. On January 11, 2006, Chancellor Ballard announced that Coach Holland's contract was extended to 2011 and he assumed an additional role, "Executive Assistant to the Chancellor".

Other information

Holland has also been a highly-requested television analyst, working primarily for ESPN
ESPN
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 and the ACC Television Network from 1990 to 1996, handling approximately 20 games per year.

He has remained active in basketball circles. Holland was a member of the NCAA Basketball Committee
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...

, chairing the panel in 1997. He served on the Senior National Team Committee of USA Basketball
USA Basketball
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 from 1992 through 1996, and currently chairs the organization's Collegiate Committee, which he has served on since 1997.

One of Holland's assistants at both Davidson and UVA was Jim Larranaga
Jim Larranaga
James Larranaga is an American college basketball coach and the head coach of the University of Miami men's basketball program. He was most notably the men's basketball coach of George Mason where he coached the Patriots to 13 consecutive winning seasons and became a media sensation during the...

, who became a media darling in 2006 as the head coach at George Mason
George Mason University
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 after leading the Patriots to an improbable berth in that season's Final Four
2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
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. Other former players and/or assistants who went on to become Division I head coaches are Seth Greenberg
Seth Greenberg
Seth Greenberg is an American college basketball coach, and the current head coach for the Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team. Greenberg just finished his seventh season as head coach of the Hokies...

, Jeff Jones, Dave Odom
Dave Odom
Dave Odom is a retired American men's college basketball coach, who most recently coached at the University of South Carolina...

, and Ricky Stokes
Ricky Stokes
Ricky Stokes is an American former men's college basketball coach.-Player:As a point guard for the Virginia Cavaliers, Stokes set the record for career games played with 134, a record that he still holds...

.

Terry Holland was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame
Virginia Sports Hall of Fame
The Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum is a sports hall of fame located in Portsmouth, Virginia. Founded in 1972, it moved to its current location in 2005...

 in 2003. At the time of his induction, the Hall noted that he “has a name synonymous with excellence. His coaching and administrative achievements are a testament to his character and dedication to sports. His influence on the University of Virginia’s athletic program has made him a prominent role model in Virginia sports history. Terry Holland’s induction into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame
Virginia Sports Hall of Fame
The Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and Museum is a sports hall of fame located in Portsmouth, Virginia. Founded in 1972, it moved to its current location in 2005...

 is a fitting tribute for a talented athlete who became a successful coach and a dedicated, visionary leader.” http://vshfm.com/hall/induct_holland.html

Holland's wife is named Ann. They have two daughters: Ann-Michael and Kate, and two grandsons Holland & Harrison Baynard. He is Presbyterian, an avid fisherman
Fisherman
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 and boater
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Head coaching record

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