Nick Holt
Nick Holt
Nicholas "Nick" Holt V is a college football coach, currently the defensive coordinator for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. Prior to taking the position in 2013, he was the defensive coordinator and assistant head coach of the Washington Huskies for three seasons. Previously, Holt was the defensive coordinator and defensive line coach of the USC Trojans, and the head coach of the Idaho Vandals from 2004–05...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth15 October 1962
conference excellent fits great grow helps provides school
I would not have been interested. I think it's an excellent conference. I think it provides us stability, and I think we can grow with the conference It helps us with recruiting. It has a great reputation, and I think it fits our school perfectly.
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It's a smaller community than the greater continent of Los Angeles. More than anything, it's the people.
field football improvement offense shows
It's 14-0 and the offense hasn't even been out on the field yet. It could have got ugly, but it just shows you the improvement of our football program.
opportunity turn
It's an opportunity I just couldn't turn down.
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I've got confidence in myself. I've learned a lot of good things from a lot of great coaches. I knew if I surrounded myself with the right kind of players, we'd be able to do some good things here.
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That's definitely one of the reasons I came back. Anybody who's ever been here for a length of time ends up loving the place. It's just a neat place to coach.
atmosphere brings fun good intensity kids lights tonight work
The kids got after tonight and there was a lot of intensity and good hits. Getting under the lights brings a different atmosphere and it is fun for the kids. We got a lot of good work done.
work
I'm going to go work for a Vandal, that's very important.
good headed leave
I feel good about it. It's bittersweet to leave this place, especially when I know it's headed in the right direction. I know we can be good now.
ball leader throw
He can throw the ball and he's accurate. He's a leader and he's competitive.
care hard playing practicing stuff takes talk teach
You just have to every day teach them how to win, teach them how to go hard. We don't talk about it that much. We just talk about playing as good, as fast, as hard and practicing as well as we can. And then that stuff takes care of itself.