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Stu Holt (born December 13, 1972)[1] is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the tight ends coach and special teams coordinator for Virginia Tech, coaching under first-year head coach Brent Pry. Holt is also the assistant head coach-offense for the Hokies. He played college football for North Carolina from 1992 to 1995.[2]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant head coach, special teams coordinator, & tight end coach |
| Team | Virginia Tech |
| Conference | ACC |
| Annual salary | $500,000 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | December 13, 1972 Hamptonville, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of North Carolina (1995) Western Carolina University (2000) |
| Playing career | |
| 1992–1995 | North Carolina |
| Position(s) | Long snapper |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1996 | Norwich (ST/LB) |
| 1997 | Mainland HS (FL) (RB) |
| 1998–1999 | Western Carolina (GA) |
| 2000 | Cumberland (TN) (ST/DL) |
| 2001 | Bethune–Cookman (ST/ILB) |
| 2002–2003 | New Smyrna Beach HS (FL) |
| 2004 | Western Kentucky (RB) |
| 2005 | Western Kentucky (ST/RB) |
| 2006–2008 | Western Kentucky (RB) |
| 2009 | Western Kentucky (ST/RB) |
| 2010 | Tennessee State (RB) |
| 2011 | Western Kentucky (RGC/TE) |
| 2012 | Western Kentucky (TE) |
| 2013 | South Florida (ST) |
| 2014 | South Florida (ST/TE) |
| 2015 | Appalachian State (RB) |
| 2016–2018 | Appalachian State (ST/RB) |
| 2019–2021 | Louisville (ST/TE) |
| 2022 | Virginia Tech (AHC/ST/RB) |
| 2023–present | Virginia Tech (AHC/ST/TE) |
Playing career
editHolt played for North Carolina under Mack Brown from 1992 to 1995, as a long snapper for the Tar Heels.
Coaching career
editEarly Coaching Career
editHolt began his coaching career at Norwich University in 1996 as the team's special teams coordinator and linebackers coach. In 1997 he worked as a running backs coach at Mainland High School in Florida. From 1998 to 1999 he worked as a graduate assistant at Western Carolina. Then he worked with the defensive line and special teams at Cumberland. In 2001 he was at Bethune-Cookman as the inside linebackers and special teams coach. The following two years he served as the head coach at New Smyrna Beach H.S. in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.
Western Kentucky
editFrom 2004 to 2009 Holt coached at Western Kentucky, as the team's running backs coach where he also worked as the team's special teams coordinator in 2005 and 2009. In 2010 he spent one year as the running backs coach with one season at Tennessee State before returning to Western Kentucky. In 2011[3] and 2012 he coached tackles and tight ends for Western Kentucky.
USF
editHolt spent 2013 and 2014 at the University of South Florida,[4] where he was serving as the Bulls' tight ends coach and special teams coordinator. He was originally hired at USF as director of player personnel in 2013 but ultimately was made the team's special teams coordinator prior to the 2013 season. Holt was nominated for the Broyles Award at the end of the season after USF's special teams improved in almost every statistical category even with the loss of key performers. In 2014 he added the responsibility of coaching the tight ends for the Bulls.
Appalachian State
editIn 2015 Holt became the running backs coach for Appalachian State,[5][6] in 2016 he added the special teams duties which held until 2018.
Louisville
editHolt followed Scott Satterfield and was hired as the tight ends coach and special teams coordinator at Louisville in December 2018.[7][8] He coached at Louisville until the end of the 2021 season.[9]
Virginia Tech
editBrent Pry announced on December 10, 2021, that Stu Holt would join his staff and serve as the special teams coordinator/running backs coach for the Virginia Tech Hokies.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Stu Holt". tarheeltimes.com. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
- ^ "Stu Holt File". Virginia Tech Athletics. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
- ^ "Brief: Stu Holt rejoins WKU football staff". Bowling Green Daily News. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
- ^ "Bresnahan highest-paid of Taggart's assistants". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
- ^ Journal, Brant Wilkerson-New/Winston-Salem. "Stu Holt: It's a pretty special deal to be at App State". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
- ^ "Report: Stu Holt headed to Appalachian State". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
- ^ "Satterfield adds Ledford, Holt as assistants". ESPN.com. December 18, 2018. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
- ^ "Dwayne Ledford and Stu Holt both joining Louisville football staff officially". Big Red Louie. December 18, 2018. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
- ^ "These two coaches are no longer with the Louisville football coaching staff". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
- ^ Niziolek, Mike. "Virginia Tech hires Louisville assistant Stu Holt as special teams coordinator, offensive assistant". Roanoke Times. Retrieved January 7, 2022.