Chris Holtmann
Christopher Adam Holtmann (born November 11, 1971) is an American college basketball who is currently the head coach at DePaul University.
Holtmann coaching Ohio State in 2019 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | DePaul |
| Conference | Big East |
| Record | 0–0 (–) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | November 11, 1971 Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1990–1992 | Brescia |
| 1992–1994 | Taylor |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1998–1999 | Geneva (assistant) |
| 1999–2003 | Taylor (assistant) |
| 2003–2008 | Gardner–Webb (assistant) |
| 2008–2010 | Ohio (assistant) |
| 2010–2013 | Gardner–Webb |
| 2013–2014 | Butler (assistant) |
| 2014–2017 | Butler |
| 2017–2024 | Ohio State |
| 2024–present | DePaul |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 251–171 (.595) |
| Tournaments | 7–7 (NCAA Division I) 0–1 (CIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| All-American (1994) John McLendon National Coach of the Year (2017) Jim Phelan Award (2018) Big South Coach of the Year (2013) Big East Coach of the Year (2017) Big Ten Coach of the Year (2018) Taylor Trojans Hall of Fame (2018) | |
Holtmann grew up in Nicholasville, Kentucky, and started his college playing career in-state at Brescia College in Owensboro. After two seasons, he transferred to Taylor University, where he played for his final two seasons. In 1994, his senior year, he earned All-America honors and Taylor hit number one in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) rankings. Holtmann got his start in coaching as a graduate assistant at Taylor in 1997. The next year, he became an assistant coach at Geneva College, then returned to his alma mater as an assistant in 1999.
Holtmann joined Gardner-Webb's staff in 2002 and spent the next five seasons there, first as an assistant coach and then as associate head coach. After two seasons as an assistant at Ohio, he returned to Gardner-Webb as head coach. At Gardner-Webb, he led a successful rebuilding effort culminating in the school's first Division I postseason appearance in 2013. He was named conference and district coach of the year for his efforts.
In July 2013, Holtmann left Gardner-Webb to become an assistant coach at Butler. In October 2014, he took over the program as interim head coach when Brandon Miller requested a medical leave of absence from the university; the following January, Holtmann was named the permanent head coach.
On June 9, 2017, Holtmann left Butler to become the head coach at Ohio State.
On February 14, 2024, Chris Holtmann parted ways with Ohio State mid-way through the 2023–24 season. On March 14, 2024, Holtmann was hired by DePaul to be their head coach.