Coach Sunny Golloway made a splash on Thursday by hiring Tom Holliday as associate head coach and pitching coach.
Holliday had spent the previous eight years at NC State, and will also serve as recruiting coordinator for Auburn baseball.
On his resume, Holliday has helped coach 15 teams to the College World Series, including two national championships.
Holliday helped lead the Wolfpack to the 2013 College World Series, along with coaching Carlos Rodon, who became the 3rd overall pick in the 2014 MLB draft.
A graduate of the University of Miami, Holliday began his coaching career as a graduate assistant with the Hurricanes in 1976.
Holliday then moved on to Arizona State, where the Sun Devils won the 1977 national championship in his one and only year there.
Stillwater, Oklahoma was his next stop as he spent the next 26 years at Oklahoma State. He served as the Cowboys pitching coach and recruiting coordinator for 19 years before taking over the head coach position from 1997-2003.
The Cowboys made 11 College World Series appearance while Holliday was there, including seven in a row from 1981-87.
Holliday later served as pitching coach at the University of Texas, where he helped the Longhorns to the 2005 national championship while also earning Collegiate Baseball magazine's National College Pitching Coach of the Year.
Baseball success runs in his family, as his son Josh is currently the head coach at Oklahoma State whole his other son, Matt, is a six-time National League All-Star and currently the starting left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals.
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