Full Name: Joe Randall Holladay Birthdate: Sept. 14, 1947 Hometown: Duncan, Okla. High School: Duncan Wife: Roi Children: Heather, Mathew Education University of Oklahoma, B.A., 1969 East Central State University, M.S., 1975 Playing Experience 1967 - 1969: Univ. of Oklahoma Coaching Experience 1970 - 1971: Norman HS 1972 - 1975: Lindsay HS 1976 - 1978: Bartlesville HS 1979 - 1982: Jenks HS 1983 - 1984: Tulsa Union HS 1985 - 1992: Jenks HS 1994 - 1999: Kansas

Joe Holladay Assistant Coach Eighth Season University of Oklahoma (1969)

Joe Holladay, who enters his eighth season as a Jayhawk assistant coach, was promoted within the staff ranks in April.

When former Kansas assistant coach Matt Doherty resigned to take over the head coaching duties at Notre Dame, Holladay took on Doherty's off-campus recruiting duties in addition to his other assignments within the program.

At Kansas, Holladay's duties include recruiting, scouting and he's involved with the day to day operations of the basketball office. One of his main duties is overseeing the academic progress of the players. Over the last four years, Jayhawk players have earned first team academic all-conference honors 15 times.

After a career as a highly successful coach, teacher and administrator on the high school level for 23 years, Holladay joined the Kansas staff prior to the 1993-94 season. Since his arrival at KU, the Jayhawks have produced a cumulative record of 173-35 (.832), won four conference championships and three Big 12 Tournament titles.

A 1969 University of Oklahoma graduate with a degree in pre-law, Holladay was a standout guard for the Sooners from 1967-69. As a senior, he served as team captain.

Shortly after graduating from Oklahoma, Holladay embarked on a 23-year career as a coach, teacher and athletics director in the Oklahoma prep ranks.

Holladay earned a master's degree in counseling in 1975 from East Central State University in Oklahoma.

He came to Kansas after working 11 years as a head coach and eight years as athletics director at Jenks (Okla.) High School. Holladay previously served as a coach on the prep level in the Oklahoma towns of Norman, Bartlesville, Lindsay and Tulsa Union.

In 1998, Holladay was inducted into the Oklahoma Coaches Hall of Fame. In 1982, one of his top players, Steve Hale, played at North Carolina under then-assistant coach Roy Williams.

Holladay was an outstanding prep baseball player who was selected in the Major League Baseball draft out of high school.

Holladay and his wife, Roi, have a daughter, Heather, who has a career in the film industry, and a son, Mathew, who recently graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y.