Dave Holmquist
{{short description|American basketball coach (born 1951)}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Dave Holmquist
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| current_title = Head coach
| current_team = Biola
| current_conference = PacWest
| current_record = 1,044–404 ({{Winpct|1,044|404}})
| contract =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|5|1}}
| birth_place = Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
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| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1972–1974
| player_team1 = Biola
| player_positions =
| coach_years1 = 1975–1978
| coach_team1 = Fresno Pacific
| coach_years2 = 1978–1982
| coach_team2 = Biola (co-HC)
| coach_years3 = 1983–1988
| coach_team3 = Biola (co-HC)
| coach_years4 = 1988–1989
| coach_team4 = Biola
| coach_years5 = 1990–present
| coach_team5 = Biola
| overall_record = 1,080–447 ({{Winpct|1,080|447}})
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{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}}Dave Holmquist (born May 1, 1951) is an American basketball coach.{{Cite web |title=Dave Holmquist found a home at Biola and a guru in John Wooden en route to 1,000 wins |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2021-03-07/biola-university-basketball-coach-dave-holmquist-1000-wins-john-wooden |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en}} He is the head men's basketball coach at Biola University in La Mirada, California.
Career
Holmquist spent two years at Cypress College under coach Don Johnson before transferring to Biola University,{{Cite web |date=2020-11-19 |title=Dave Holmquist nears legendary milestone |url=http://www.thenorwalkpatriot.com/news/2020/11/19/dave-holmquist-nears-legendary-milestone |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=The Norwalk Patriot |language=en}} where he played from 1972 to 1974.{{Cite web |title=Dr. Dave Holmquist - Men's Basketball Coach |url=https://athletics.biola.edu/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/dr-dave-holmquist/2284 |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=Biola University Athletics |language=en}}
He began his coaching career at Fresno Pacific University in 1975–76. During his three-year stint, Holmquist recorded 36 wins and 43 losses. He moved to Biola in 1978, where Holmquist served as Co-Head Coach alongside Howard Lyon. In 1982, they led Biola to the NAIA National Championship Game and to the NCCAA National Championship in 1984. Following Lyon's resignation in 1988, Holmquist became the lone coach.{{Cite web |date=1988-04-16 |title=Names in the News |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-04-16-sp-1363-story.html |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en}} Holmquist did not coach the Biola team in the 1989–90 season to focus on his duties as athletic director,{{Cite web |date=1992-01-28 |title=Biola on Top With Holmquist |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-01-28-sp-796-story.html |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} before carrying out the two roles until the end of the 2015–16 school year, when he retired from his 27-year stint as athletic director. Holmquist took this decision prior to Biola's transition from NAIA to NCAA Division II in accordance with NCAA rules.{{Cite web |date=2016-06-07 |title=Dr. Holmquist Transitions Out Of Athletic Director Role |url=https://athletics.biola.edu/story.aspx?filename=general-dr-holmquist-transitions-out-of-athletic-director-role&file_date=6/7/2016 |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=Biola University}}
On November 24, 2015, Holmquist became the eighth men's college basketball coach in NCAA history to reach 900 career wins.{{cite web|last1=Morgan|first1=Neil|title=Coach Dave Holmquist Achieves Historic 900th Game Win|url=http://now.biola.edu/news/article/2015/nov/24/dr-dave-holmquist-wins-900th-game/?_ga=1.160823165.1114466831.1447465158|website=Biola News}} On February 27, 2021, Holmquist became the fifth to reach 1000 career wins.{{cite web|title=Biola men's basketball coach Dave Holmquist reaches 1,000 career wins|url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2021-02-27/biola-mens-basketball-coach-dave-holmquist-reaches-1000-career-wins|website=NCAA.com}} He finished the 2020–21 season with an overall coaching record of 1,002–410.{{cite web|title=Dr. Dave Holmquist (official Biola biography page)|url=http://athletics.biola.edu/coaches.aspx?rc=1604&path=mbball}}
Under his guidance, three of his players earned Golden State Athletic Conference (GSAC) Player of the Year honors: Matt Garrison (1996–97), Nate Strong (2001–02) and Dakari Archer (2015–16). Some of his players went on to play professionally overseas, including Johnny Griffin (Class of 1988, played in Argentina, Austria, Germany),{{Cite web |title=John Griffin |url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/John-Griffin/8409 |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=Eurobasket.com}} Emilio Kovačić (Class of 1992, played in Croatia, Italy, Slovenia),{{Cite web |title=Emilio Kovacic |url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Emilio-Kovacic/22324 |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=Eurobasket.com}} Kellan Eckle (Class of 2004, played in Germany),{{Cite web |title=Kellan Eckle |url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Kellan-Eckle/109600 |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=Eurobasket.com}} Brandon Warner (Class of 2006, played in Germany),{{Cite web |title=Brandon Warner |url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Brandon-Warner/113604 |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=Eurobasket.com}} Rocky Hampton (Class of 2010, played in Austria),{{Cite web |title=Romke Hampton |url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Romke-Hampton/176554 |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=Eurobasket.com}} Davey Hopkins (Class of 2012, played in Germany),{{Cite web |title=Davey Hopkins |url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Davey-Hopkins/153172 |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=Eurobasket.com}} David Cline (Class of 2013, played in Germany),{{Cite web |title=David Cline |url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/David-Cline/198358 |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=Eurobasket.com}} Andre Murillo (Class of 2014, played in Germany).{{Cite web |title=Andres Murillo |url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Andres-Murillo/68722 |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=Eurobasket.com}}
Honors
- NAIA Hall of Fame, Class of 2002{{Cite web |date=2011-01-30 |title=Coach David Holmquist honored for record 800 wins |url=https://chimesnewspaper.com/13319/sports/holmquist-800-wins/ |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=The Chimes}}
- NAIA Co-Coach of the Year 1981–82 (with Howard Lyon){{Cite web |date=2016-03-16 |title=Holmquist Named NABC NAIA DI Men's Basketball Coach of the Year |url=https://athletics.biola.edu/news/2016/3/16/holmquist-named-nabc-naia-di-mens-basketball-coach-of-the-year.aspx |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=Biola University}}
- NAIA Coach of the Year 2016 (by NABC)
- NAIA District III Coach of the Year 1981–82, 1987–88, 1990–91, 1991–92{{Cite web |title=Coaching Awards |url=https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/athletics.biola.edu/documents/2020/3/16/recordbookMBB.pdf |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=Biola University}}
- NAIA Coach Sportsmanship Award 1981–82, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2004–05
- GSAC Coach of the Year 1996–97, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2015–16
- Harry Statham Coach of Impact Award 2024 (by Small College Basketball){{Cite web |title=Small College Basketball Honors Dr. Holmquist with Coach of Impact Award |url=https://athletics.biola.edu/news/2024/4/6/mens-basketball-small-college-basketball-honors-dr-holmquist-with-coach-of-impact-award.aspx |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=Biola University Athletics |language=en}}
Head coaching record
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Fresno Pacific
| conference =
| startyear = 1975
| endyear = 1978
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1975–76
| name = Fresno Pacific
| overall = 8–17
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1976–77
| name = Fresno Pacific
| overall = 13–14
| conference =
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| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1977–78
| name = Fresno Pacific
| overall = 15–12
| conference =
| confstanding =
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Fresno Pacific
| overall = 36–43 ({{Winpct|36|43}})
| confrecord =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Biola Eagles
| conference =
| startyear = 1978
| endyear = 1982
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1978–79
| name = Biola
| overall = 17–15
| conference = 11–3
| confstanding =
| postseason = NCCAA Division I First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1979–80
| name = Biola
| overall = 26–4
| conference = 7–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NAIA Division I Second Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1980–81
| name = Biola
| overall = 25–7
| conference = 17–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NAIA Division I Second Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1981–82
| name = Biola
| overall = 39–1
| conference = 13–0
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NAIA Division I Runner-up
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Biola Eagles
| conference =
| startyear = 1983
| endyear = 1989
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = national
| season = 1983–84
| name = Biola
| overall = 25–6
| conference = 12–1
| confstanding = T–1st
| postseason = NCCAA Division I Champion
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1984–85
| name = Biola
| overall = 29–4
| conference = 10–2
| confstanding = T–1st
| postseason = NAIA Division I First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1985–86
| name = Biola
| overall = 25–7
| conference = 10–3
| confstanding = T–2nd
| postseason = NCCAA Division I Regional Final
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1986–87
| name = Biola
| overall = 29–2
| conference = 17–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NAIA Division I First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1987–88
| name = Biola
| overall = 31–5
| conference = 15–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NCCAA Division I Third Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1988–89
| name = Biola
| overall = 29–8
| conference = 16–4
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NAIA Division I First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Biola Eagles
| conference =
| startyear = 1990
| endyear = 1994
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1990–91
| name = Biola
| overall = 26–7
| conference = 13–3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1991–92
| name = Biola
| overall = 33–4
| conference = 13–1
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NAIA Division I Third Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1992–93
| name = Biola
| overall = 21–12
| conference = 10–7
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1993–94
| name = Biola
| overall = 24–10
| conference =
| confstanding =
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Biola Eagles
| conference = Golden State Athletic Conference
| startyear = 1994
| endyear = 2017
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1994–95
| name = Biola
| overall = 10–21
| conference = 3–11
| confstanding = T–7th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1995–96
| name = Biola
| overall = 20–11
| conference = 6–8
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1996–97
| name = Biola
| overall = 28–6
| conference = 11–3
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NAIA Division I Second Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1997–98
| name = Biola
| overall = 30–7
| conference = 10–4
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = NAIA Division I Second Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1998–99
| name = Biola
| overall = 29–8
| conference = 10–4
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = NAIA Division I Third Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1999–00
| name = Biola
| overall = 28–7
| conference = 15–3
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NAIA Division I Semifinal
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2000–01
| name = Biola
| overall = 26–7
| conference = 13–5
| confstanding = T–2nd
| postseason = NAIA Division I Second Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2001–02
| name = Biola
| overall = 29–5
| conference = 17–3
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NAIA Division I Second Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2002–03
| name = Biola
| overall = 21–11
| conference = 11–9
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2003–04
| name = Biola
| overall = 22–10
| conference = 13–7
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason = NAIA Division I First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2004–05
| name = Biola
| overall = 28–8
| conference = 14–6
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NAIA Division I Second Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2005–06
| name = Biola
| overall = 19–12
| conference = 11–9
| confstanding = T–5th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2006–07
| name = Biola
| overall = 15–16
| conference = 9–11
| confstanding = 7th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2007–08
| name = Biola
| overall = 17–14
| conference = 9–11
| confstanding = T–8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2008–09
| name = Biola
| overall = 22–10
| conference = 13–7
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason = NAIA Division I First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2009–10
| name = Biola
| overall = 29–6
| conference = 16–4
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NAIA Division I Third Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2010–11
| name = Biola
| overall = 28–6
| conference = 16–4
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NAIA Division I Third Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2011–12
| name = Biola
| overall = 27–9
| conference = 12–6
| confstanding = T–2nd
| postseason = NAIA Division I Third Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2012–13
| name = Biola
| overall = 16–15
| conference = 5–9
| confstanding = T–6th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2013–14
| name = Biola
| overall = 16–15
| conference = 6–8
| confstanding = T–4th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2014–15
| name = Biola
| overall = 16–15
| conference = 4–12
| confstanding = 7th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2015–16
| name = Biola
| overall = 30–4
| conference = 14–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = NAIA Division I Second Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2016–17
| name = Biola
| overall = 26–6
| conference = 12–4
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason = NAIA Division I First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Biola Eagles
| conference = PacWest Conference
| startyear = 2017
| endyear =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2017–18
| name = Biola
| overall = 11–17
| conference = 5–15
| confstanding = T–11th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2018–19
| name = Biola
| overall = 15–13
| conference = 11–11
| confstanding = T–5th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2019–20
| name = Biola
| overall = 19–12
| conference = 13–9
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2020–21
| name = Biola
| overall = 10–4
| conference = 9–2
| confstanding = 1st (Southern California Pod)
| postseason = NCAA Division II Second Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2021–22
| name = Biola
| overall = 21–8
| conference = 14–6
| confstanding = 3rd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2022–23
| name = Biola
| overall = 18–11
| conference = 12–8
| confstanding = 5th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2023–24
| name = Biola
| overall = 17–12
| conference = 12–8
| confstanding = 4th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2024–25
| name = Biola
| overall = 22–6
| conference = 16–4
| confstanding = 2nd
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Biola
| overall = 1,044–404 ({{Winpct|1044|404}})
| confrecord =
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{{CBB Yearly Record End
| overall = 1,080–447 ({{Winpct|1080|447}})
}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://athletics.biola.edu/coaches.aspx?rc=233&mobile=skip Biola profile]
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