Sean Holley
| Date of birth | 6 November 1970 | ||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Neath, Wales | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg (15 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||
| University | Loughborough University | ||||||||||||
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| Position | Fullback | ||||||||||||
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| www.seanholley.co.uk | |||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| ?-1994 | Aberavon RFC | ||
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| 2000–2003 2003–2012 2013–2016 |
Gloucester RFC Academy Ospreys Bristol Rugby |
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Sean Holley (born 6 November 1970) is a former rugby union coach and a media pundit.
Holley played as a fullback for Aberavon RFC until an injury sustained in a match in 1994 saw him forced to end his playing career at the age of 24. During his time as a sports lecturer at Carmarthenshire College, Holley devised a two-year national diploma course in Rugby Studies in 1998. Holley took the concept with him to Hartpury College in Gloucestershire, where he became the college's first Director of Rugby.
Between 2000 and 2003, Holley was the head coach of the Gloucester RFC Academy. Holley joined the Ospreys regional team at their formation in 2003, as assistant coach working under Lyn Jones. When Jones left the region in May 2008, Holley took charge of the region for the 2008–09 season.
Holley was appointed as assistant coach for the Wales national team's 2009 summer tour of North America, with responsibility for defence. The opportunity arose as regular defence coach Shaun Edwards, along with two other Wales coaches, were unavailable due to their participation in the 2009 Lions tour to South Africa.
The 2009–10 season saw Scott Johnson join the Ospreys as Director of Rugby, with Holley remaining at the region as head coach. Holley left the Ospreys in February 2012 by mutual agreement.
After providing short-term cover at the Scarlets regional team while Mark Jones was away assisting the Wales national side during the 2013 Six Nations tournament, Holley joined Bristol Rugby as first team coach ahead of the 2013–14 season. He renewed his contract with Bristol in April 2015. On 24 June 2016, he and Bristol Rugby parted company by mutual consent.
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