Dave Holmquist (born May 1, 1951) is an American

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coach. He is the head men's basketball coach at

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Career

Holmquist spent his playing career at

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and Biola University, where he played from 1972 to 1974. He began his coaching career at

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in 1975–76. During his three-year stint, Holmquist recorded 36 wins and 43 losses. He moved to Biola in 1978, where Holmquist served as Co-Head Coach alongside Howard Lyon. In 1982, they led Biola to the NAIA National Championship Game and to the

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National Championship in 1984. Following Lyon's resignation in 1988, Holmquist became the lone coach. Holmquist did not coach the Biola team in the 1989-90 season to focus on his duties as athletic director, before carrying out the two roles until the end of the 2015-16 school year, when he retired from his 27-year stint as athletic director. Holmquist took this decision prior to Biola's transition from NAIA to NCAA Division II in accordance with NCAA rules. On November 24, 2015 Holmquist became the eighth men's

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coach in NCAA history to reach 900 career wins. On February 27, 2021 Holmquist became the fifth to reach 1000 career wins. He finished the 2020–21 season with an overall coaching record of 1002–410. Under his guidance, three of his players earned

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(GSAC) Player of the Year honors: Matt Garrison (1996-97), Nate Strong (2001-02) and Dakari Archer (2015-16). Some of his players went on to play professionally overseas, including Johnny Griffin (Class of 1988, played in Argentina, Austria, Germany),

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(Class of 1992, played in Croatia, Italy, Slovenia), Kellan Eckle (Class of 2004, played in Germany), Brandon Warner (Class of 2006, played in Germany), Rocky Hampton (Class of 2010, played in Austria), Davey Hopkins (Class of 2012, played in Germany), David Cline (Class of 2013, played in Germany), Andre Murillo (Class of 2014, played in Germany).

Honors

* NAIA Hall of Fame, Class of 2002 * NAIA Co-Coach of the Year 1981-82 (with Howard Lyon) * NAIA Coach of the Year 2016 (by NABC) * NAIA District III Coach of the Year 1981-82, 1987-88, 1990-91, 1991-92 * NAIA Coach Sportsmanship Award 1981-82, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2004-05 * GSAC Coach of the Year 1996-97, 2001-02, 2003-04, 2015-16

Head coaching record

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Biola profile
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Career

Honors

Head coaching record

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