Miami Ohio University Athletics
Holmes Named Associate Head Coach
11/1/2023 4:30:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Miami University head men's basketball coach Travis Steele has announced Jonathan Holmes has been promoted to Associate Head Coach. Holmes joined Steele's staff in May of 2022 as an Assistant Coach.
"I am thrilled to announce that Jonathan Holmes is being elevated to Associate Head Coach. It is well deserved. I feel like I have the best staff in the country," said Steele. "Coach Summers and Coach Holmes are more than ready to be Head Coaches at this level. Their associate head coach roles will prepare them for that Head Coaching opportunity when that time comes."
"I'm extremely grateful to Coach Steele for this opportunity and excited to continue to grow and develop as a coach under his leadership," said Holmes. "I love being at Miami, and getting to work with outstanding student-athletes on a daily basis. I look forward to the start of our season next Monday at Evansville!"
During Holmes' first year in Oxford, the RedHawks went 12-20 and earned a berth in the MAC Tournament quarterfinals as the No. 8 seed. The Red and White won four consecutive games in February to qualify for the postseason after being picked 11th in the preseason poll, including a 17-point win over rival Ohio in the RedHawks' final home game of the year. Mekhi Lairy, Anderson Mirambeaux and Ryan Mabrey all earned postseason honors from the Mid-American Conference.
Holmes came to Miami from Elon, where he served as an assistant coach. Holmes, who worked primarily with the program's guards, helped mentor four different members of the basketball program to all-conference honors during his time with the Phoenix. In 2021-22, Holmes participated in the Top Connect Leadership Symposium with some of the nation's top assistant coaches and took part in Jay Bilas' Coaches Leadership program in 2021.
While with the Phoenix, Holmes' top priority was coordinating the offense. He helped Elon reach the Colonial Athletic Association Conference Championship game during the 2020-21 campaign. In that season, the Phoenix ranked fourth in the CAA in threes made per game (8.1) and fifth in total three pointers makes (154). Holmes also played a key role in helping two Phoenix student-athletes earn All-CAA honors that season. With Elon, Holmes was named a top-three assistant coach in the CAA by Stadium in 2020 and was also named a top-50 mid-major assistant coach nationally by Silver Waves Media that same year.
Holmes joined the Phoenix after spending 11 seasons as part of the William & Mary men's basketball staff, where he served as the associate head coach for his last six seasons with the program.
During his time with the Tribe, William & Mary produced four of the program's nine 20-win seasons, advanced to the Colonial Athletic Association Championship game on three occasions and the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) twice. In 2015, the Tribe captured its first CAA regular season championship since 1998.
During his tenure with W&M, Holmes helped in developing 22 All-CAA picks, nine 1,000-point scorers, 13 NABC All-District selections and seven CAA All-Rookie selections. On his resume, he recruited and developed current Minnesota Timberwolves forward Nathan Knight, a Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award finalist, Lou Henson Mid-Major All-American and two-time All-CAA selection. He also helped develop 2014 CAA Rookie of the Year and three-time All-CAA selection Omar Prewitt, who finished his career ranked fifth in scoring (1,831 points) while bringing recent All-CAA selections Justin Pierce and David Cohn to the Tribe.
Holmes helped the Tribe to three-straight 20-win seasons from 2013-16, a first at W&M since 1949-51. William & Mary posted double-digit conference wins in six consecutive seasons and led the CAA with 64 total conference victories during that span.
Prior to joining William & Mary, Holmes served as an assistant coach at the Division II and NAIA levels. Holmes spent two seasons at Francis Marion in Florence, S.C., and one as an assistant coach and head junior varsity coach at Montreat College in 2005-06. Montreat compiled a 22-10 mark and won both the Appalachian Athletic Conference regular-season and tournament titles while reaching the second round of the NAIA Division II national tournament. Holmes has also served as a counselor at numerous North Carolina Men's Basketball Camps, as well as at his own Jonathan Holmes Basketball Camp in Bloomington, Ind., which started in 2002.
Holmes is a 2003 graduate of North Carolina, where he was a four-year letterman on the basketball team and graduated with a degree in communications with a 3.6 grade point average. He played in 76 career games and recorded nearly a two-to-one assist-to-turnover ratio. A member of UNC teams that advanced to the 2000 Final Four, appeared in the 2003 NIT postseason tournament and won both the 1999 Maui Invitational and the 2002 Preseason NIT, Holmes was named to the 2003 ACC All-Academic Team. After graduation, Holmes played professionally overseas for two seasons.
Growing up in Indiana, Holmes was a four-year varsity starter for his father, J.R., Indiana's all-time winningest boy's high school basketball coach, at Bloomington South High School and capped his career as the runner-up for Indiana Mr. Basketball in 1999. He was the recipient of the John Wooden Citizenship Award in 1999, along with being a Nike High School All-American in the summer of 1998, a McDonald's All-American Nominee, a two-time first team All-State honoree and an Indiana All-Star team honoree.
"I am thrilled to announce that Jonathan Holmes is being elevated to Associate Head Coach. It is well deserved. I feel like I have the best staff in the country," said Steele. "Coach Summers and Coach Holmes are more than ready to be Head Coaches at this level. Their associate head coach roles will prepare them for that Head Coaching opportunity when that time comes."
"I'm extremely grateful to Coach Steele for this opportunity and excited to continue to grow and develop as a coach under his leadership," said Holmes. "I love being at Miami, and getting to work with outstanding student-athletes on a daily basis. I look forward to the start of our season next Monday at Evansville!"
During Holmes' first year in Oxford, the RedHawks went 12-20 and earned a berth in the MAC Tournament quarterfinals as the No. 8 seed. The Red and White won four consecutive games in February to qualify for the postseason after being picked 11th in the preseason poll, including a 17-point win over rival Ohio in the RedHawks' final home game of the year. Mekhi Lairy, Anderson Mirambeaux and Ryan Mabrey all earned postseason honors from the Mid-American Conference.
Holmes came to Miami from Elon, where he served as an assistant coach. Holmes, who worked primarily with the program's guards, helped mentor four different members of the basketball program to all-conference honors during his time with the Phoenix. In 2021-22, Holmes participated in the Top Connect Leadership Symposium with some of the nation's top assistant coaches and took part in Jay Bilas' Coaches Leadership program in 2021.
While with the Phoenix, Holmes' top priority was coordinating the offense. He helped Elon reach the Colonial Athletic Association Conference Championship game during the 2020-21 campaign. In that season, the Phoenix ranked fourth in the CAA in threes made per game (8.1) and fifth in total three pointers makes (154). Holmes also played a key role in helping two Phoenix student-athletes earn All-CAA honors that season. With Elon, Holmes was named a top-three assistant coach in the CAA by Stadium in 2020 and was also named a top-50 mid-major assistant coach nationally by Silver Waves Media that same year.
Holmes joined the Phoenix after spending 11 seasons as part of the William & Mary men's basketball staff, where he served as the associate head coach for his last six seasons with the program.
During his time with the Tribe, William & Mary produced four of the program's nine 20-win seasons, advanced to the Colonial Athletic Association Championship game on three occasions and the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) twice. In 2015, the Tribe captured its first CAA regular season championship since 1998.
During his tenure with W&M, Holmes helped in developing 22 All-CAA picks, nine 1,000-point scorers, 13 NABC All-District selections and seven CAA All-Rookie selections. On his resume, he recruited and developed current Minnesota Timberwolves forward Nathan Knight, a Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award finalist, Lou Henson Mid-Major All-American and two-time All-CAA selection. He also helped develop 2014 CAA Rookie of the Year and three-time All-CAA selection Omar Prewitt, who finished his career ranked fifth in scoring (1,831 points) while bringing recent All-CAA selections Justin Pierce and David Cohn to the Tribe.
Holmes helped the Tribe to three-straight 20-win seasons from 2013-16, a first at W&M since 1949-51. William & Mary posted double-digit conference wins in six consecutive seasons and led the CAA with 64 total conference victories during that span.
Prior to joining William & Mary, Holmes served as an assistant coach at the Division II and NAIA levels. Holmes spent two seasons at Francis Marion in Florence, S.C., and one as an assistant coach and head junior varsity coach at Montreat College in 2005-06. Montreat compiled a 22-10 mark and won both the Appalachian Athletic Conference regular-season and tournament titles while reaching the second round of the NAIA Division II national tournament. Holmes has also served as a counselor at numerous North Carolina Men's Basketball Camps, as well as at his own Jonathan Holmes Basketball Camp in Bloomington, Ind., which started in 2002.
Holmes is a 2003 graduate of North Carolina, where he was a four-year letterman on the basketball team and graduated with a degree in communications with a 3.6 grade point average. He played in 76 career games and recorded nearly a two-to-one assist-to-turnover ratio. A member of UNC teams that advanced to the 2000 Final Four, appeared in the 2003 NIT postseason tournament and won both the 1999 Maui Invitational and the 2002 Preseason NIT, Holmes was named to the 2003 ACC All-Academic Team. After graduation, Holmes played professionally overseas for two seasons.
Growing up in Indiana, Holmes was a four-year varsity starter for his father, J.R., Indiana's all-time winningest boy's high school basketball coach, at Bloomington South High School and capped his career as the runner-up for Indiana Mr. Basketball in 1999. He was the recipient of the John Wooden Citizenship Award in 1999, along with being a Nike High School All-American in the summer of 1998, a McDonald's All-American Nominee, a two-time first team All-State honoree and an Indiana All-Star team honoree.
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