Shaheen Holloway

{{Short description|American basketball player and coach (born 1976)}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Shaheen Holloway

| image = File:Shaheen Holloway.JPG

| width = 225px

| caption = Holloway (left) with the ABA's Jersey Express in 2006

| position = Head Coach

| team = Seton Hall Pirates

| league = Big East

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 173

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|10|7}}

| birth_place = Queens, New York, U.S.

| high_school = St. Patrick
(Elizabeth, New Jersey)

| college = Seton Hall (1996–2000)

| draft_year = 2000

| career_start = 2000

| career_end = 2007

| career_position = Point guard

| career_number = 10

| coach_start = 2007

| years1 = 2000–2001

| team1 = Hapoel Holon

| years2 = 2001–2002

| team2 = Chicago Skyliners

| years3 = 2002–2003

| team3 = Chester Jets

| years4 = 2003

| team4 = London Towers

| years5 = 2003–2004

| team5 = İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi

| years6 = 2004–2005

| team6 = Ratiopharm Ulm

| years7 = 2005

| team7 = Marineros de Puerto Plata

| years8 = 2005–2006

| team8 = Jersey Express

| years9 = 2006–2007

| team9 = Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs

| cyears1 = 2007–2010

| cteam1 = Iona (assistant)

| cyears2 = 2010–2018

| cteam2 = Seton Hall (assistant)

| cyears3 = 2018–2022

| cteam3 = Saint Peter's

| cyears4 = 2022–present

| cteam4 = Seton Hall

| highlights = As player:

2× Second-team All-Big East (1997, 2000)
Third-team All-Big East (1998)
Big East Most Improved Player (2000)
Big East All-Rookie Team (1997)
2× Second-team Parade All-American (1995, 1996)
McDonald's All-American (1996)
McDonald's All-American Game MVP (1996)

As coach:

NIT champion (2024)
MAAC Tournament champion (2022)
MAAC Coach of the Year (2020)

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Shaheen Holloway (born October 7, 1976) is an American men's basketball coach and former player who is the coach for the Seton Hall Pirates. He played college basketball at Seton Hall from 1996 to 2000. A point guard, Holloway played professionally for seven seasons. He served as the head coach for the Saint Peter's Peacocks from 2018 to 2022, where he led the 15th seed Peacocks to the Elite Eight in the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. As head coach of Seton Hall, he led the top-seeded Pirates to the 2024 National Invitation Tournament (NIT) championship.

High school

Holloway was considered one of the top point guard prospects in his high school class playing for St. Patrick,[http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/holloway-hall-recruit-article-1.727519 Holloway a hall of a recruit?], New York Daily News, April 28, 1996.[http://www.hoopscooponline.com/1996/01/ HOOP SCOOP’S FINAL RANKING OF THE NATION’S TOP 100 SENIORS CLASS OF 1996], Hoop Scoop, 1996.[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-07-02-ci-19537-story.html Basketball Recruiting Period Heating Up in July], Los Angeles Times, July 2, 1995.[https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/09/sports/high-school-basketball-report.html HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL REPORT], The New York Times, December 9, 1995. with some of the scouting reports naming him as the best point guard in the nation.[https://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/09/sports/the-freshman-holloway-helps-out-seton-hall.html The Freshman Holloway Helps Out Seton Hall], The New York Times, December 9, 1996. He and Mike Bibby were consistently named as the two best point guards of the 1996 class.[http://www.slamonline.com/college-hs/high-school/1996-slam-all-americans/ 1996 SLAM All-Americans], SLAM magazine, September 21, 2007. Selected 3 times in the All-State selection,[https://www.si.com/vault/1996/11/15/224004/incoming-classes INCOMING CLASSES], Sports Illustrated, November 15, 1996. in 1995 he was amongst the top scorers of the Reebok Big Time Tournament with an average of 26.3 points per game,[http://bigtimetournament.net/media/RECORDS_INDIVID_BT95-06.pdf Individual records '95-'06], Bigtimetournament.net and he was selected to the Parade All-America Second Team. He averaged 22.5 points, 9.1 assists and 5.8 steals as a senior,Fitzsimmons 2011, page 43. for a total of 2,151 points, 727 assists and 540 steals during his time at St. Patrick,[http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/rule-kings-court-article-1.726056 THEY RULE AS KINGS OF THE COURT], New York Daily News, March 24, 1996] and was named to the Parade All-America second team (for the second year in a row) and was also named a McDonald's All-American.[http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1590262-flashback-of-mcdonalds-all-american-game-performance-of-nbas-biggest-stars Flashback of McDonald's All-American Game Performance from NBA's Biggest Stars], Bleacher Report, April 3, 2013.[https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/mcdonalds.html Basketball-reference.com] In the McDonald's All-American Game of 1996 Holloway was the starting point guard for the East team: he recorded 7 points, 8 assists and 6 steals,{{Cite web |url=http://www.mcdonaldsallamerican.com/content/aag/en/MediaCenter/2015/background-materials/2014-retrospective/_jcr_content/featuredcontent/everything/file.res/2014%20Retrospective%20FINAL.pdf |title=A LOOK BACK AT THE McDONALD'S ALL AMERICAN® GAMES SUPERSTARS AND UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES FROM GAMES PAST |access-date=2018-01-16 |archive-date=2018-01-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117012021/http://www.mcdonaldsallamerican.com/content/aag/en/MediaCenter/2015/background-materials/2014-retrospective/_jcr_content/featuredcontent/everything/file.res/2014%20Retrospective%20FINAL.pdf |url-status=dead }} receiving the Most Valuable Player award over Kobe Bryant.[https://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/01/sports/results-plus-065935.html RESULTS PLUS], New York Times, April 1, 1996.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-30 |title=Shaheen Halloway, Who Won an MVP Award Over Kobe Bryant in 1996, Belittles Arguably the Most Iconic Game of His Career: "The Game Was Trash" |url=https://www.essentiallysports.com/nba-basketball-news-shaheen-halloway-who-won-an-mvp-award-over-kobe-bryant-in-1996-belittles-arguably-the-most-iconic-game-of-his-career/ |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=EssentiallySports |language=en}}

College career

After considering offers from California, Duke, and Georgia Tech,[http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/holloway-storm-article-1.725340 HOLLOWAY TAKEN BY STORM?], New York Daily News, April 11, 1996] Holloway accepted the scholarship offered by Seton Hall. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski later told Holloway that he was the only recruit to not commit to Duke after twice visiting the school.{{Cite news |last=Thamel |first=Pete |author-link=Pete Thamel |date=2022-03-25 |title=Saint Peter's coach Shaheen Holloway's Sweet 16 moment finally arrives 22 years later |language=en |publisher=ESPN |url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/33584625/march-madness-saint-peter-coach-shaheen-holloway-sweet-16-moment-arrives-22-years-later |access-date=2022-03-25}}

During his freshman year, Holloway posting averages of 17.3 points and 6.3 assists per game and was 5th in the Big East conference in scoring. He was selected for the Big East All-Rookie team and for the All-AAC second team. Despite his solid season, he decided not to declare for an early entry in the NBA draft. His second season was slightly worse than his rookie season and, despite leading the Big East in assists per game (6.5), he had worse averages in all the other major statistical categories. His junior season was his worst of his college career and all his statistics declined. This was the only season in which he averaged a single digit in points per game (9.3).{{Cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990420071938/http://www.cbs.sportsline.com/u/basketball/college/conferences/BIGE/SAO.htm|url=http://www.cbs.sportsline.com/u/basketball/college/conferences/BIGE/SAO.htm|title=Seton Hall Basketball|website=CBSSportsLine.com|archive-date=April 20, 1999|access-date=January 10, 2020}}

His senior season was his best and he was one of the main players on the Seton Hall team that reached the 2000 NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen. He focused more on his 3-point shooting, improving his percentage to 40.3%, and was named the Big East Most Improved Player in 2000. In 978 total minutes played, he was Seton Hall's top player in assists per game, and he was second in scoring and rebounding (the top rebounder was future NBA center Samuel Dalembert).[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/seton-hall/2000.html 2000 Seton Hall team statistics] In the 2000 NCAA Tournament, he scored 27 points, including the winning basket with 1.9 seconds left in overtime, in the Pirates 72–71 first-round victory over seventh-seeded Oregon. In the next game against second-seeded Temple, Holloway suffered an ankle injury on a successful fastbreak drive for a layup, ending his season.{{cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/ncb/ncaatourney00/s/2000/0320/437050.html | title=NCAA Tournament 2000 - Shine starts for injured Holloway }}

He finished his college career with 1,588 points and he became the all-time assist leader, with 681 assists, a record that he still holds as of 2018. He played a total of 3,865 minutes with the Pirates. In 2012 he was inducted into the Seton Hall Athletics Hall of Fame.Seton Hall 2012-13 men's basketball post-season media guide, p. 40.

=College statistics=

Sources{{Cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208064150/http://www.sportsstats.com/jazzyj/greats/usbl00/holloway.htm|url=http://www.sportsstats.com/jazzyj/greats/usbl00/holloway.htm|title=Shaheen Holloway, Seton Hall|website=sportsstats.com|archive-date=February 8, 2007|access-date=January 17, 2020}}{{Cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000902013622/http://www.shupirates.com/bko/bkc/hollowaybio.html|url=http://www.shupirates.com/bko/bkc/hollowaybio.html|title=10 Shaheen Holloway|website=shupirates.com|archive-date=September 2, 2000|access-date=April 5, 2020}}

| align="left" | 1996–97

| align="left" | Seton Hall

| 28 || 28 || 37.4 || .364 || .341 || .544 || 3.8 || 6.3 || 2.8 || 0.4 || 17.3

| align="left" | 1997–98

| align="left" | Seton Hall

| 29 || 28 || 36.7 || .344 || .242 || .629 || 3.8 || 6.5 || 2.1 || 0.2 || 15.0

| align="left" | 1998–99

| align="left" | Seton Hall

| 28 || 22 || 27.7 || .358 || .221 || .675 || 2.8 || 5.0 || 1.5 || 0.1 || 9.3

| align="left" | 1999–00

| align="left" | Seton Hall

| 31 || 31 || 31.5 || .447 || .403 || .780 || 5.1 || 5.6 || 1.7 || 0.0 || 13.2

| align="left" | Career

| align="left" |

| 116 || 109 || 33.3 || .374 || .305 || .640 || 3.9 || 5.9 || 2.0 || 0.2 || 13.7

Professional career

After his senior season Holloway became automatically eligible for the 2000 NBA draft, but he was not drafted by any of the NBA teams.{{cite web | url=https://njindy.com/2022/04/14/dreams-come-true-after-st-peters-run-shaheen-holloway-returns-home-to-seton-hall-ready-to-work/ | title='Dreams come true': Shaheen Holloway returns home to Seton Hall, ready to work | date=15 April 2022 }} He was invited to the 2000 Summer League by the New York Knicks and the Washington Wizards.{{cite web | url=https://www.nj.com/setonhall/2022/04/seton-hall-coach-shaheen-holloway-recalls-how-he-nearly-played-for-the-knicks-and-the-nets.html | title=Seton Hall's Shaheen Holloway recalls how he nearly played for the Knicks and the Nets | date=29 April 2022 }} He was drafted in the seventh round of the 2000 USBL Draft by the Long Island Surf (67th overall pick). He played professionally for Israeli team Hapoel Holon in 2000–01, averaging 15.5 points and 4 assists in 4 games played. In 2001–02 he played for the Chicago Skyliners.[http://www.britball.com/profiles/shaheen_holloway.html Britball.com profile] For the 2002–03 season he signed with the Chester Jets,[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/2147357.stm Jets snap up Holloway], BBC Sport, July 24, 2002. and he also played for the London Towers.Fitzsimmons 2011, page 44.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/basketball/3039158/Basketball-Holloway-ruled-out-of-cup-tie.html Basketball: Holloway ruled out of cup tie], The Telegraph, December 6, 2002.[http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/5459469.Basketball__Essex_Leopards_76___73_London_Towers__BBL_Championship_/?ref=arc Basketball: Essex Leopards 76 - 73 London Towers (BBL Championship)], Daily Gazette Standard, January 8, 2003. In 2003 he transferred to Turkey, and signed with İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi: there he averaged 12.2 points, 2.6 rebounds and 4.4 assists in 19 games played.[http://www.proballers.com/basket-ball-player/3424/shaheen-holloway/career-stats Proballers.com Profile] He also played for Ratiopharm Ulm in Germany in 2004–05.[http://www.schoenen-dunk.de/news_a9061_Pro-A_Kronberg-in-Ulm-nur-krasser-Aussenseiter.htm Kronberg in Ulm nur krasser Außenseiter], February 10, 2005. In 2005 he returned in the United States, and signed with the Jersey Express.[http://www.dartmouthsports.com/pdf9/4384307.pdf Harvard 2015-15 Men's Basketball], page 15. He also played for Marineros de Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic, where he ranked second in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto in assists per game (4.4 in 15 games).{{Cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051029151723/http://www.ldb.com.do/Lideres5.php|url=http://www.ldb.com.do/Lideres5.php|title=LIDERES SERIE REGULAR|website=ldb.com.do|access-date=April 20, 2020|archive-date=October 29, 2005}} His last team was the Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs for the 2006–07 season.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2006-05-01 |title=ValleyDawgs suffer first loss of season |url=https://www.mcall.com/2006/05/01/valleydawgs-suffer-first-loss-of-season/ |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=The Morning Call |language=en-US}}

Coaching career

Instead of continuing his playing career in Germany, Holloway returned to New Jersey and took a position as a substitute teacher and assistant coach at Bloomfield Tech High School. He then joined the Seton Hall staff as an administrative assistant to the coach, Bobby Gonzalez. His high school coach, Kevin Boyle, recommended him to Kevin Willard, who had taken over as head coach at Iona College in 2007. Just months after moving to Iona, Gonzalez had an opening for an assistant coach and asked Holloway to return to the Pirates. Though he was tempted to return to his alma mater, he stayed at Iona. When Willard became Seton Hall head coach in 2010, Holloway followed him as one of his assistant coaches.

On April 10, 2018, Holloway was hired by Saint Peter's University as their new head coach.{{cite news|last1=Carino|first1=Jerry|title=Saint Peter's to hire Seton Hall's Shaheen Holloway as basketball coach|url=https://www.app.com/story/sports/college/2018/04/10/shaheen-holloway-saint-peters-baskebtall/492261002/|accessdate=10 April 2018|publisher=Asbury Park Press}} On March 17, 2022, Holloway led his team to an upset overtime victory in the NCAA tournament over the second seeded Kentucky Wildcats. Two days later, on March 19, 2022, Holloway advanced Saint Peter's to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in school history, with a 70–60 win over the seventh seeded Murray State Racers, ending its 21-game winning streak. With the win, his team became just the third No. 15 seed in tournament history to advance to the second weekend of the tournament.[https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2022/03/19/saint-peters-beats-murray-state-first-ncaa-tournament-sweet-16/7109210001/ No. 15 seed Saint Peter's knocks out No. 7 Murray State, reaches its first NCAA Tournament Sweet 16] Scott Gleeson. USA Today. March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022. On March 25, 2022, he coached Saint Peter's University to a victory over third seeded Purdue 67–64. This made Saint Peter’s the first No. 15 seed to advance to the Elite 8 in NCAA tournament history, where their Cinderella run ended with a 49–69 loss to No. 8 seed North Carolina.

On March 30, 2022, Holloway was hired by Seton Hall as their new head coach, replacing Willard, who had taken the job as head coach at the University of Maryland.{{cite news |title=Holloway Home! Shaheen Holloway '00 Named Pirates Head Coach |url=https://shupirates.com/news/2022/3/30/holloway-home-shaheen-holloway-named-head-coach-of-seton-hall-mens-basketball.aspx |access-date=30 March 2022 |work=Seton Hall Pirates |date=30 March 2022}}{{Cite web |last=Pelzman |first=J. P. |title=NCAA Coaching Carousel: Saint Peter's Shaheen Holloway Hired By Seton Hall After Historic NCAA Run |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jppelzman/2022/03/30/ncaa-coaching-carousel-saint-peters-shaheen-holloway-hired-by-seton-hall-after-historic-ncaa-run/ |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=Forbes |language=en}}

On April 4, 2024, Holloway's Pirates won the National Invitation Tournament, beating Indiana State 79-77 at Hinkle Fieldhouse.{{Cite web |title=Game recap: Indiana State loses a heartbreaker to Seton Hall in NIT championship |url=https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/2024/04/04/indiana-state-vs-seton-hall-nit-championship-score-updates-highlights/73201904007/ |access-date=2024-04-05 |website=The Indianapolis Star |language=en-US}}

Personal life

Holloway and his wife, Kim, who graduated from Seton Hall in 2001, have two sons, Xavier and Tyson. He also became a father at age 15 and his daughter, Shatanik, is a 2018 graduate of Seton Hall.{{Cite web |last=Prunty |first=Brendan |date=2012-02-12 |title=Seton Hall's Shaheen Holloway works to bring Pirates the same glory he did as a player |url=https://www.nj.com/setonhall/2012/02/seton_halls_shaheen_holloway_w.html |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=nj.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Shaheen Holloway - Head Coach - Staff Directory |url=https://shupirates.com/staff-directory/shaheen-holloway/71 |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=Seton Hall University Athletics |language=en}}

Head coaching record

{{CBB Yearly Record Start|type=coach|conference =|postseason=|poll=}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name =Saint Peter's Peacocks

| conference=Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

| startyear =2018

| endyear =2022

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship=

| season= 2018–19

| name= Saint Peter's

| overall= 10–22

| conference= 6–12

| confstanding= T–9th

| postseason=

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship=

| season= 2019–20

| name= Saint Peter's

| overall= 18–12

| conference= 14–6

| confstanding= 2nd

| postseason=

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship=

| season= 2020–21

| name= Saint Peter's

| overall= 14–11

| conference= 10–8

| confstanding= T–3rd

| postseason=

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship= conference tournament

| season= 2021–22

| name= Saint Peter's

| overall= 22–12

| conference= 14–6

| confstanding= 2nd

| postseason= NCAA Division I Elite Eight

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Saint Peter's

| overall = {{winpct|64|57|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{winpct|44|32|record=y}}

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead

| name =Seton Hall Pirates

| conference=Big East Conference

| startyear =2022

| endyear =present

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship=

| season= 2022–23

| name= Seton Hall

| overall= 17–16

| conference= 10–10

| confstanding= T–6th

| postseason= NIT First Round

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship= postseason

| season= 2023–24

| name= Seton Hall

| overall= 25–12

| conference= 13–7

| confstanding= 4th

| postseason= NIT Champions

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship=

| season= 2024–25

| name= Seton Hall

| overall= 7–25

| conference= 2–18

| confstanding= 11th

| postseason=

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Seton Hall

| overall = {{winpct|49|53|record=y}}

| confrecord = {{winpct|25|35|record=y}}

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{{CBB Yearly Record End

| overall = {{winpct|113|110|record=y}}

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Bibliography

{{cite book |last=Fitzsimmons |first=Brian |date= 2011|title=Celtic Pride: How Coach Kevin Boyle Took St. Patrick to the Top of High School Basketball|publisher=iUniverse |isbn= 9781462063680}}

References

External links

[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/shaheen-holloway-1.html Shaheen Holloway] – college basketball player statistics at Sports Reference
[http://basket.co.il/player.asp?PlayerId=8464&lang=en Shaheen Holloway] at basket.co.il
[http://www.shupirates.com/coaches.aspx?rc=239&path=mbball Shaheen Holloway] at Seton Hall Pirates

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