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Chris Holtmann
_(cropped).jpg) Holtmann introduced as DePaul head coach in March 2024 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | DePaul |
| Conference | Big East |
| Record | 11–12 (.478) |
| Annual salary | $1.5 million[1] |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | November 11, 1971 Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1990–1992 | Brescia |
| 1992–1994 | Taylor |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1998–1999 | Geneva (assistant) |
| 1999–2003 | Taylor (assistant) |
| 2003–2008 | Gardner–Webb (assistant) |
| 2008–2010 | Ohio (assistant) |
| 2010–2013 | Gardner–Webb |
| 2013–2014 | Butler (assistant) |
| 2014–2017 | Butler |
| 2017–2024 | Ohio State |
| 2024–present | DePaul |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 262–183 (.589) |
| Tournaments | 7–7 (NCAA Division I) 0–1 (CIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| All-American (1994) John McLendon National Coach of the Year (2017)[2] Jim Phelan Award (2018) Big South Coach of the Year (2013) Big East Coach of the Year (2017)[3] Big Ten Coach of the Year (2018) Taylor Trojans Hall of Fame (2018) | |
Christopher Adam Holtmann (born November 11, 1971) is an American college basketball who is currently the head coach at DePaul University.
Holtmann grew up in Nicholasville, Kentucky, and started his college playing career in-state at Brescia College in Owensboro. After two seasons, he transferred to Taylor University, where he played for his final two seasons.[4] In 1994, his senior year, he earned All-America honors and Taylor hit number one in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) rankings. Holtmann got his start in coaching as a graduate assistant at Taylor in 1997. The next year, he became an assistant coach at Geneva College, then returned to his alma mater as an assistant in 1999.
Holtmann joined Gardner-Webb's staff in 2002 and spent the next five seasons there, first as an assistant coach and then as associate head coach. After two seasons as an assistant at Ohio, he returned to Gardner-Webb as head coach. At Gardner-Webb, he led a successful rebuilding effort culminating in the school's first Division I postseason appearance in 2013. He was named conference and district coach of the year for his efforts.
In July 2013, Holtmann left Gardner-Webb to become an assistant coach at Butler. In October 2014, he took over the program as interim head coach when Brandon Miller requested a medical leave of absence from the university; the following January, Holtmann was named the permanent head coach.
On June 9, 2017, Holtmann left Butler to become the head coach at Ohio State.[5]
On February 14, 2024, Chris Holtmann parted ways with Ohio State mid-way through the 2023–24 season. On March 14, 2024, Holtmann was hired by DePaul to be their head coach.[6]
- ^ "CHRIS HOLTMANN TO MAKE $1.5 MILLION PER YEAR AT DEPAUL, REDUCING OHIO STATE'S BUYOUT OBLIGATION TO UNDER $9 MILLION". Eleven Warriors. July 10, 2024. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
- ^ "Butler's Holtmann wins national coach of the year award". IndyStar. April 4, 2017. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
- ^ "Villanova's Hart Selected BIG EAST Player of the Year Creighton's Patton Tabbed Freshman of the Year Butler's Holtmann Named Coach of the Year". Big East Conference. March 8, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
- ^ Moss, Tony (March 15, 2022). "Ranking 2022 NCAA tournament men's basketball coaches as players, 1–68". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ^ Goodman, Jeff (June 9, 2017). "Chris Holtmann to leave Butler for Ohio State coaching vacancy". ESPN.com. Retrieved June 9, 2017.
- ^ Norlander, Matt (March 14, 2024). "DePaul hires Chris Holtmann: Blue Demons tap ex-Ohio State coach to turn around floundering program". CBSSports.com. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
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