Shaheen Holloway

Shaheen Holloway

Seton Hall Pirates
Position	Head Coach
League	Big East
Personal information
Born	(1976-10-07) October 7, 1976 (age 47) Queens, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Listed weight	173 lb (78 kg)
Career information
High school	St. Patrick (Elizabeth, New Jersey)
College	Seton Hall (1996–2000)
NBA draft	2000: undrafted
Playing career	2000–2007
Position	Point guard
Number	10
Coaching career	2007–present
Career history
As player:
2000–2001	Hapoel Holon
2001–2002	Chicago Skyliners
2002–2003	Chester Jets
2003	London Towers
2003–2004	İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi
2004–2005	Ratiopharm Ulm
2005	Marineros de Puerto Plata
2005–2006	Jersey Express
2006–2007	Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs
As coach:
2007–2010	Iona (assistant)
2010–2018	Seton Hall (assistant)
2018–2022	Saint Peter's
2022–present	Seton Hall
Career highlights and awards
As player: 2× Second-team All-Big East (1997, 2000) Third-team All-Big East (1998) Big East Most Improved Player (2000) Big East All-Rookie Team (1997) 2× Second-team Parade All-American (1995, 1996) McDonald's All-American (1996) McDonald's All-American Game MVP (1996) As coach: NIT champion (2024) MAAC Tournament champion (2022) MAAC Coach of the Year (2020)

Shaheen Holloway (born October 7, 1976) is an American men's basketball coach and former player who is the coach for the Seton Hall Pirates. He played college basketball at Seton Hall from 1996 to 2000. A point guard, Holloway played professionally for seven seasons. He served as the head coach for the Saint Peter's Peacocks from 2018 to 2022, where he led the 15th seed Peacocks to the Elite Eight in the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. As head coach of Seton Hall, he led the top-seeded Pirates to the 2024 National Invitation Tournament (NIT) championship.

High school

Holloway was considered one of the top point guard prospects in his high school class playing for St. Patrick, ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} with some of the scouting reports naming him as the best point guard in the nation. ^[5] He and Mike Bibby were consistently named as the two best point guards of the 1996 class. ^{[2] [6]} Selected 3 times in the All-State selection, ^[7] in 1995 he was amongst the top scorers of the Reebok Big Time Tournament with an average of 26.3 points per game, ^[8] and he was selected to the Parade All-America Second Team. He averaged 22.5 points, 9.1 assists and 5.8 steals as a senior, ^[9] for a total of 2,151 points, 727 assists and 540 steals during his time at St. Patrick, ^[10] and was named to the Parade All-America second team (for the second year in a row) and was also named a McDonald's All-American. ^{[11] [12]} In the McDonald's All-American Game of 1996 Holloway was the starting point guard for the East team: he recorded 7 points, 8 assists and 6 steals, ^[13] receiving the Most Valuable Player award over Kobe Bryant. ^{[14] [15]}

College career

After considering offers from California, Duke, and Georgia Tech, ^[16] Holloway accepted the scholarship offered by Seton Hall. ^[4] Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski later told Holloway that he was the only recruit to not commit to Duke after twice visiting the school. ^[17]

During his freshman year, Holloway posting averages of 17.3 points and 6.3 assists per game and was 5th in the Big East conference in scoring. He was selected for the Big East All-Rookie team and for the All-AAC second team. Despite his solid season, he decided not to declare for an early entry in the NBA draft. His second season was slightly worse than his rookie season and, despite leading the Big East in assists per game (6.5), he had worse averages in all the other major statistical categories. His junior season was his worst of his college career and all his statistics declined. This was the only season in which he averaged a single digit in points per game (9.3). ^[18]

His senior season was his best and he was one of the main players on the Seton Hall team that reached the 2000 NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen. He focused more on his 3-point shooting, improving his percentage to 40.3%, and was named the Big East Most Improved Player in 2000. In 978 total minutes played, he was Seton Hall's top player in assists per game, and he was second in scoring and rebounding (the top rebounder was future NBA center Samuel Dalembert). ^[19] In the 2000 NCAA Tournament, he scored 27 points, including the winning basket with 1.9 seconds left in overtime, in the Pirates 72–71 first-round victory over seventh-seeded Oregon. In the next game against second-seeded Temple, Holloway suffered an ankle injury on a successful fastbreak drive for a layup, ending his season. ^[20]

He finished his college career with 1,588 points and he became the all-time assist leader, with 681 assists, a record that he still holds as of 2018. He played a total of 3,865 minutes with the Pirates. In 2012 he was inducted into the Seton Hall Athletics Hall of Fame. ^[21]

College statistics

Sources ^{[22] [23]}

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1996–97	Seton Hall	28	28	37.4	.364	.341	.544	3.8	6.3	2.8	0.4	17.3
1997–98	Seton Hall	29	28	36.7	.344	.242	.629	3.8	6.5	2.1	0.2	15.0
1998–99	Seton Hall	28	22	27.7	.358	.221	.675	2.8	5.0	1.5	0.1	9.3
1999–00	Seton Hall	31	31	31.5	.447	.403	.780	5.1	5.6	1.7	0.0	13.2
Career		116	109	33.3	.374	.305	.640	3.9	5.9	2.0	0.2	13.7

Professional career

After his senior season Holloway became automatically eligible for the 2000 NBA draft, but he was not drafted by any of the NBA teams. ^[24] He was invited to the 2000 Summer League by the New York Knicks and the Washington Wizards. ^[25] He was drafted in the seventh round of the 2000 USBL Draft by the Long Island Surf (67th overall pick). He played professionally for Israeli team Hapoel Holon in 2000–01, averaging 15.5 points and 4 assists in 4 games played. In 2001–02 he played for the Chicago Skyliners. ^[26] For the 2002–03 season he signed with the Chester Jets, ^[27] and he also played for the London Towers. ^{[28] [29] [30]} In 2003 he transferred to Turkey, and signed with İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi: there he averaged 12.2 points, 2.6 rebounds and 4.4 assists in 19 games played. ^[31] He also played for Ratiopharm Ulm in Germany in 2004–05. ^[32] In 2005 he returned in the United States, and signed with the Jersey Express. ^[33] He also played for Marineros de Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic, where he ranked second in the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto in assists per game (4.4 in 15 games). ^[34] His last team was the Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs for the 2006–07 season. ^[35]

Coaching career

Instead of continuing his playing career in Germany, Holloway returned to New Jersey and took a position as a substitute teacher and assistant coach at Bloomfield Tech High School. He then joined the Seton Hall staff as an administrative assistant to the coach, Bobby Gonzalez. His high school coach, Kevin Boyle, recommended him to Kevin Willard, who had taken over as head coach at Iona College in 2007. Just months after moving to Iona, Gonzalez had an opening for an assistant coach and asked Holloway to return to the Pirates. Though he was tempted to return to his alma mater, he stayed at Iona. When Willard became Seton Hall head coach in 2010, Holloway followed him as one of his assistant coaches. ^[36]

On April 10, 2018, Holloway was hired by Saint Peter's University as their new head coach. ^[37] On March 17, 2022, Holloway led his team to an upset overtime victory in the NCAA tournament over the second seeded Kentucky Wildcats. Two days later, on March 19, 2022, Holloway advanced Saint Peter's to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in school history, with a 70–60 win over the seventh seeded Murray State Racers, ending its 21-game winning streak. With the win, his team became just the third No. 15 seed in tournament history to advance to the second weekend of the tournament. ^[38] On March 25, 2022, he coached Saint Peter's University to a victory over third seeded Purdue 67–64. This made Saint Peter’s the first No. 15 seed to advance to the Elite 8 in NCAA tournament history, where their Cinderella run ended with a 49–69 loss to No. 8 seed North Carolina.

On March 30, 2022, Holloway was hired by Seton Hall as their new head coach, replacing Willard, who had taken the job as head coach at the University of Maryland. ^{[39] [40]}

On April 4, 2024, Holloway's Pirates won the National Invitation Tournament, beating Indiana State 79-77 at Hinkle Fieldhouse. ^[41]

Personal life

Holloway and his wife, Kim, who graduated from Seton Hall in 2001, have two sons, Xavier and Tyson. He also became a father at age 15 and his daughter, Shatanik, is a 2018 graduate of Seton Hall. ^{[36] [42]}

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Saint Peter's Peacocks (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)(2018–2022)
2018–19	Saint Peter's	10–22	6–12	T–9th
2019–20	Saint Peter's	18–12	14–6	2nd
2020–21	Saint Peter's	14–11	10–8	T–3rd
2021–22	Saint Peter's	22–12	14–6	2nd	NCAA Division I Elite Eight
Saint Peter's:		64–57 (.529)	44–32 (.579)
Seton Hall Pirates (Big East Conference)(2022–present)
2022–23	Seton Hall	17–16	10–10	T–6th	NIT First Round
2023–24	Seton Hall	25–12	13–7	4th	NIT Champions
Seton Hall:		42–28 (.600)	23–17 (.575)
Total:		106–85 (.555)
National champion        Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

Bibliography

• Fitzsimmons, Brian (2011). Celtic Pride: How Coach Kevin Boyle Took St. Patrick to the Top of High School Basketball. iUniverse. ISBN   9781462063680.

References

1. Holloway a hall of a recruit?, New York Daily News, April 28, 1996.
2. HOOP SCOOP’S FINAL RANKING OF THE NATION’S TOP 100 SENIORS CLASS OF 1996, Hoop Scoop, 1996.
3. Basketball Recruiting Period Heating Up in July, Los Angeles Times, July 2, 1995.
4. HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL REPORT, The New York Times, December 9, 1995.
5. The Freshman Holloway Helps Out Seton Hall, The New York Times, December 9, 1996.
6. 1996 SLAM All-Americans, SLAM magazine, September 21, 2007.
7. INCOMING CLASSES, Sports Illustrated, November 15, 1996.
8. Individual records '95-'06, Bigtimetournament.net
9. Fitzsimmons 2011, page 43.
10. THEY RULE AS KINGS OF THE COURT, New York Daily News, March 24, 1996]
11. Flashback of McDonald's All-American Game Performance from NBA's Biggest Stars, Bleacher Report, April 3, 2013.
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14. RESULTS PLUS, New York Times, April 1, 1996.
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16. HOLLOWAY TAKEN BY STORM?, New York Daily News, April 11, 1996]
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24. "'Dreams come true': Shaheen Holloway returns home to Seton Hall, ready to work". 15 April 2022.
25. "Seton Hall's Shaheen Holloway recalls how he nearly played for the Knicks and the Nets". 29 April 2022.
26. Britball.com profile
27. Jets snap up Holloway, BBC Sport, July 24, 2002.
28. Fitzsimmons 2011, page 44.
29. Basketball: Holloway ruled out of cup tie, The Telegraph, December 6, 2002.
30. Basketball: Essex Leopards 76 - 73 London Towers (BBL Championship), Daily Gazette Standard, January 8, 2003.
31. Proballers.com Profile
32. Kronberg in Ulm nur krasser Außenseiter, February 10, 2005.
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34. "LIDERES SERIE REGULAR". ldb.com.do. Archived from the original on October 29, 2005. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
35. "ValleyDawgs suffer first loss of season". The Morning Call. 2006-05-01. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
36. Prunty, Brendan (2012-02-12). "Seton Hall's Shaheen Holloway works to bring Pirates the same glory he did as a player". nj.com. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
37. Carino, Jerry. "Saint Peter's to hire Seton Hall's Shaheen Holloway as basketball coach". Asbury Park Press. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
38. No. 15 seed Saint Peter's knocks out No. 7 Murray State, reaches its first NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 Scott Gleeson. USA Today. March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
39. "Holloway Home! Shaheen Holloway '00 Named Pirates Head Coach". Seton Hall Pirates. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
40. Pelzman, J. P. "NCAA Coaching Carousel: Saint Peter's Shaheen Holloway Hired By Seton Hall After Historic NCAA Run". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
41. "Game recap: Indiana State loses a heartbreaker to Seton Hall in NIT championship". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2024-04-05.
42. "Shaheen Holloway - Head Coach - Staff Directory". Seton Hall University Athletics. Retrieved 2024-04-03.

External links

• Sports-Reference.com College Basketball statistics
• Israeli League statistics
• Seton Hall Pirates profile