Dave Holmquist


Dave Holmquist is an American basketball coach. He is the head men's basketball coach at Biola University in La Mirada, California.

Career

Holmquist spent two years at Cypress College under coach Don Johnson before transferring to Biola University, where he played from 1972 to 1974.
He began his coaching career at Fresno Pacific University 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 NCCAA 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 college basketball 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 1,002–410.
Under his guidance, three of his players earned Golden State Athletic Conference Player of the Year honors: Matt Garrison, Nate Strong and Dakari Archer. Some of his players went on to play professionally overseas, including Johnny Griffin, Emilio Kovačić, Kellan Eckle, Brandon Warner, Rocky Hampton, Davey Hopkins, David Cline, Andre Murillo.

Honors

  • NAIA Hall of Fame, Class of 2002
  • NAIA Co-Coach of the Year 1981–82
  • NAIA Coach of the Year 2016
  • 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
  • Harry Statham Coach of Impact Award 2024

    Head coaching record