When Skip Holtz was hired at La Tech on December 13, 2012, he promised to build a program the right way.
Flash forward to December 30, 2019 and he’s certainly done that.
Does Holtz possess traits as a coach that sometimes don’t go over too well or that we don’t agree with? Absolutely, but what coach doesn’t?
Let’s take a look at how Holtz compares to other coaches at Tech during the D1 era, which dates back to 1988.
Joe Raymond Peace: 40-44-4 in 8 years (5 wins per year)
Gary Crowton: 21-13 in 3 years (7 wins per year)
Jack Bicknell: 43-52 in 8 years (5.38 wins per year)
Derek Dooley: 17-20 in 3 years (5.67 wins per year)
Sonny Dykes: 22-15 in 3 years (7.33 wins per year)
Skip Holtz: 56-36 in 7 years (8 wins per year)
Holtz’s high mark came in 2019 with 10 wins, low mark in 2013 with 4 wins.
Has he reached his peak? This was the second time in his head coaching career that he’s won 10 games, the first coming at UConn in 1998.
La Tech has won at least 9 games under Holtz in 4 of the last 6 seasons. They’d only done that twice in their D1 history prior to this run, in 1997 under Crowton and 2012 under Dykes.
What does Skip Holtz mean to La Tech? Would you give him a raise and an extension? What must be done for the program to take the “next step”? What is the “next step” to you?
Flash forward to December 30, 2019 and he’s certainly done that.
Does Holtz possess traits as a coach that sometimes don’t go over too well or that we don’t agree with? Absolutely, but what coach doesn’t?
Let’s take a look at how Holtz compares to other coaches at Tech during the D1 era, which dates back to 1988.
Joe Raymond Peace: 40-44-4 in 8 years (5 wins per year)
Gary Crowton: 21-13 in 3 years (7 wins per year)
Jack Bicknell: 43-52 in 8 years (5.38 wins per year)
Derek Dooley: 17-20 in 3 years (5.67 wins per year)
Sonny Dykes: 22-15 in 3 years (7.33 wins per year)
Skip Holtz: 56-36 in 7 years (8 wins per year)
Holtz’s high mark came in 2019 with 10 wins, low mark in 2013 with 4 wins.
Has he reached his peak? This was the second time in his head coaching career that he’s won 10 games, the first coming at UConn in 1998.
La Tech has won at least 9 games under Holtz in 4 of the last 6 seasons. They’d only done that twice in their D1 history prior to this run, in 1997 under Crowton and 2012 under Dykes.
What does Skip Holtz mean to La Tech? Would you give him a raise and an extension? What must be done for the program to take the “next step”? What is the “next step” to you?
