Brad Holland
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
December 6, 1956 Billings, Montana |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 217 lb (98 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Crescenta Valley (La Crescenta, California) |
| College | UCLA (1975–1979) |
| NBA draft | 1979 / Round: 1 / Pick: 14th overall |
| Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers | |
| Playing career | 1979–1982 |
| Position | Shooting guard |
| Number | 14, 15 |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1979–1981 | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 1981 | Washington Bullets |
| 1982 | Milwaukee Bucks |
| As coach: | |
| 1988–1992 | UCLA (asst.) |
| 1992–1994 | Cal State Fullerton |
| 1994–2007 | San Diego |
| 2008–2010 | UC Santa Barbara (asst.) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
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John Bradley "Brad" Holland (born December 6, 1956) is a retired American professional basketball player. He played for four years at UCLA (from 1975 to 1979) and was the 14th player taken in the first round of the 1979 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers. He served as a member of the 1980 NBA L.A. Lakers championship team. He was the University of San Diego head basketball coach until March 2007. On April 25, 2007, he was named as one of three finalists to become the new head coach of UC Riverside's men's basketball program, but lost out to Jim Wooldridge. Holland served as an assistant coach at UC Santa Barbara during the 2008–2009 and 2009–2010 seasons. On April 28, 2010, Holland left UCSB to accept a position as Chief Professional Officer of the Carlsbad, California Boys and Girls Club.
Born in Billings, Montana, Brad Holland was a basketball and football star at Crescenta Valley High School. Furthermore, he was a four-year letterman at UCLA, before entering the Los Angeles Lakers franchise in 1979 and other National Basketball Association teams, before retiring in 1982 with a knee injury. Next he entered private business and worked as a broadcaster at Prime Ticket from 1985–1998. He was the last player recruited by coach John Wooden, becoming part of Pac-10 championships at UCLA from 1976–1979, two under Coach Gene Bartow and two under Coach Gary Cunningham.
During that year he averaged 17.5 points and 4.8 assists and had a .598 goal percentage, the best ever for a Bruin guard. He graduated in 1979 from UCLA with a B.A. degree in Sociology. Holland also was a rookie guard who scored eight points in a decisive playoff sixth game at Philadelphia. He finished his playing career in 1981–82 with the Washington Bullets and the Milwaukee Bucks.
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