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- Men's Tennis
Coaching Staff
Updated:
Monday, July 16, 2007
 Gary Holden,
Head Coach
- (540) 365-4306, gholden@ferrum.edu
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- At the helm of the Ferrum College men's tennis program is
Head Coach Gary Holden, who also serves as Assistant Athletic Director and
Sports Information Director.
In the summer of 2004, Holden was named to the NCAA Division III Men's Tennis
Committee. In this capacity, he chairs the Atlantic-South
Regional Ranking Committee. Holden also chairs the ITA Atlantic-South
Region ranking committee.
In his first nine seasons with the Ferrum men's
tennis program, Holden has compiled a 82-70
record. Holden has been named USA South Athletic Conference Men's
Tennis Coach of the Year twice, in 2003 and 2006.
His 2003 and 2004 teams posted identical 15-3 records, the College's best
tennis records since joining the NCAA Division III ranks in 1986.
Ferrum's men have earned 13 All-Conference and 21 Academic All-Conference
awards during Holden's tenure. Additionally, Ferrum players have earned ITA National Scholar Athlete recognition
seven times. One of Holden's players, Wilson Paine in 2007, earned
Academic All-America first team honors.
Holden also serves as Assistant Athletic Director at
Ferrum, and is in his 15th year as Sports Information
Director. He served a year as Acting Commissioner of the Atlantic
Central Football Conference, and three years as that league's Sports Information Director. Holden
also served as President
for the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) from 1998-2002, and is
now in his eighth year as VaSID's webmaster.
Holden's work in intercollegiate athletics began in 1987, where he served as
Head Wrestling Coach at Plymouth State University in central New Hampshire.
In four years, he produced 21 All-Conference athletes, two national
qualifiers, one conference champ, and one NCAA Division III All-American.
Holden was named New England College Conference Wrestling Association Rookie
Coach of the Year in 1988, and Coach of the Year in 1990. A native of
Nashua, New Hampshire, Holden and his wife Leslie reside in Ferrum with their
sons Taylor and Drew.
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