Stu Holt

Stu Holt

Current position
Title	Special teams coordinator & offensive assistant
Team	Virginia Tech
Conference	ACC
Annual salary	$500,000
Biographical details
Born	(1972-12-13) December 13, 1972 (age 52) Hamptonville, North Carolina, U.S.
Alma mater	University of North Carolina (1995) Western Carolina University (2000)
Playing career
1992–1995	North Carolina
Position(s)	Long snapper
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996	Norwich (ST/LB)
1997	Mainland HS (FL) (RB)
1998–1999	Western Carolina (GA)
2000	Cumberland (TN) (ST/DL)
2001	Bethune–Cookman (ST/ILB)
2002–2003	New Smyrna Beach HS (FL)
2004	Western Kentucky (RB)
2005	Western Kentucky (ST/RB)
2006–2008	Western Kentucky (RB)
2009	Western Kentucky (ST/RB)
2010	Tennessee State (RB)
2011	Western Kentucky (RGC/TE)
2012	Western Kentucky (TE)
2013	South Florida (ST)
2014	South Florida (ST/TE)
2015	Appalachian State (RB)
2016–2018	Appalachian State (ST/RB)
2019–2021	Louisville (ST/TE)
2022	Virginia Tech (AHC/ST/RB)
2023–2024	Virginia Tech (AHC/ST/TE)
2025–present	Virginia Tech (ST/off. assistant)

Stu Holt (born December 13, 1972)^[1] is an American college football coach and former player. He is the special teams coordinator and an offensive assistant for Virginia Tech, a position he has held since 2025. He played college football for North Carolina from 1992 to 1995.^[2]

Playing career

Holt played for North Carolina under Mack Brown from 1992 to 1995, as a long snapper for the Tar Heels.

Coaching career

Early Coaching Career

Holt began his coaching career at Norwich University in 1996 as the team's special teams coordinator and linebackers coach. In 1997, he worked as a running backs coach at Mainland High School in Florida. From 1998 to 199,9 he worked as a graduate assistant at Western Carolina. Then he worked with the defensive line and special teams at Cumberland. In 2001, he was at Bethune–Cookman as the inside linebackers and special teams coach. The following two years he served as the head coach at New Smyrna Beach H.S. in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.

Western Kentucky

From 2004 to 2009, Holt coached at Western Kentucky, as the team's running backs coach, where he also worked as the team's special teams coordinator in 2005 and 2009. In 2010, he spent one year as the running backs coach with one season at Tennessee State before returning to Western Kentucky. In 2011^[3] and 2012, he coached tackles and tight ends for Western Kentucky.

USF

Holt spent 2013 and 2014 at the University of South Florida,^[4] where he was serving as the Bulls' tight ends coach and special teams coordinator. He was originally hired at USF as director of player personnel in 2013, but ultimately was made the team's special teams coordinator prior to the 2013 season. Holt was nominated for the Broyles Award at the end of the season after USF's special teams improved in almost every statistical category, even with the loss of key performers. In 2014, he added the responsibility of coaching the tight ends for the Bulls.

Appalachian State

In 2015 Holt became the running backs coach for Appalachian State.^[5][6] In 2016 he added the special teams duties which held until 2018.

Louisville

Holt followed Scott Satterfield and was hired as the tight ends coach and special teams coordinator at Louisville in December 2018.^[7][8] He coached at Louisville until the end of the 2021 season.^[9]

Virginia Tech

Brent Pry announced on December 10, 2021, that Stu Holt would join his staff and serve as the special teams coordinator/running backs coach for the Virginia Tech Hokies.^[10]

References

1. "Stu Holt". tarheeltimes.com. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
2. "Stu Holt File". Virginia Tech Athletics. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
3. "Brief: Stu Holt rejoins WKU football staff". Bowling Green Daily News. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
4. "Bresnahan highest-paid of Taggart's assistants". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
5. Journal, Brant Wilkerson-New/Winston-Salem. "Stu Holt: It's a pretty special deal to be at App State". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
6. "Report: Stu Holt headed to Appalachian State". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
7. "Satterfield adds Ledford, Holt as assistants". ESPN.com. December 18, 2018. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
8. "Dwayne Ledford and Stu Holt both joining Louisville football staff officially". Big Red Louie. December 18, 2018. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
9. "These two coaches are no longer with the Louisville football coaching staff". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
10. Niziolek, Mike. "Virginia Tech hires Louisville assistant Stu Holt as special teams coordinator, offensive assistant". Roanoke Times. Retrieved January 7, 2022.