Hall of Fame Coach Larry Holley was the head men's basketball coach at his alma mater, William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri. His 919 career wins make him one of only 10 four-year college coaches (NCAA and NAIA) to amass 900 career wins. He is currently in ninth place all-time in total career wins.
In Part 1 Coach Holley talks about:
- where he developed his competitive nature
- his success in high school as a student-athlete
- how he made his college choice
- why he went into coaching after college
Coach Holley's teams won 20 games in a season 24 times and posted both a 45-game conference winning streak and a 43-game home court winning streak. Four times his teams won 30 or more games in a season, and his teams reached the NAIA Final Four four times.
Larry's teams won 11 Conference Championships and he received 14 Coach of the Year awards. He has been inducted into the William Jewell College Athletic Hall of Fame, the Greater Kansas City Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame, the Missouri Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame, and the NAIA Hall of Fame.
Larry joined William Jewell as head men's basketball coach for the 1979–80 season after coaching four years at Northwest Missouri University, six years at Central Methodist College and one year at Harrisburg Missouri High School.
Off the court, Larry served as a faculty member in the Department of Physical Education for more than 35 years. He started the annual High School Holiday Classic, which recently completed its 40th edition, as well as the well-respected Cardinal Basketball camps in the summer of 1980. Coach Holley helped spearhead the start of the William Jewell Athletic Hall of Fame, which has now inducted more than 150 individuals and teams. More than 96 percent of his fourth-year players earned a William Jewell degree.
Coach Holley is a native of Jameson, Missouri.
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