Mount Marty University

Coach Holden will enter his first season with the Lancers as an assistant coach to Andrew Baker. Sam spent last six seasons with Black Hills State University. From 2008-2010 he was a student assistant coach before assuming his role as a graduate assistant coach for the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons. Most recently Holden spent the last two seasons as the full-time assistant coach for the Yellow Jackets. Sam graduated from Black Hills State with a Bachelor's of Science in Exercise Science in 2010 and earned his Master's Degree in Strategic Leadership in May of 2012. Prior to joining the Yellow Jackets, Holden played basketball and ran cross country for two seasons at Presentation College and was a volunteer assistant for the men's basketball program at the University of South Dakota for one season. Holden graduated from T .F. Riggs High School in Pierre, South Dakota where he played both basketball and football for the Governors.