Nick Holt
Nick Holt
Nicholas "Nick" Holt V is a college football coach, currently the defensive coordinator for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers. Prior to taking the position in 2013, he was the defensive coordinator and assistant head coach of the Washington Huskies for three seasons. Previously, Holt was the defensive coordinator and defensive line coach of the USC Trojans, and the head coach of the Idaho Vandals from 2004–05...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth15 October 1962
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They already have film of us from last year. They know what we do, and we didn't know what they did until (Monday). So it probably balances out.
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We should be better than we were last year. I'd be disappointed if we weren't showing improvement. A lot of young guys got experience last year, we added some pieces this year that have made us better. The longer guys spend in a system, the better they should get. We're not there yet, and we can get a lot better. But I think everyone's encouraged by the progress we're showing. Our next step is to turn the losses into wins. We need to get to a point where we're not happy just to be competitive.
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Washington State is a good football team. They do a nice job running to the football, playing hard, pressuring and getting after you. Nevada has their work cut out for them.
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I would not have been interested. I think it's an excellent conference. I think it provides us stability, and I think we can grow with the conference It helps us with recruiting. It has a great reputation, and I think it fits our school perfectly.
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You just have to every day teach them how to win, teach them how to go hard. We don't talk about it that much. We just talk about playing as good, as fast, as hard and practicing as well as we can. And then that stuff takes care of itself.
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We needed the time off to get healthy. We'll get some guys back and that will help us be competitive. We are trying to get better. We got back to fundamentals.
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Leaving you guys is the hardest decision we made in our young career. You guys don't need me any more.
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I feel good about it. It's bittersweet to leave this place, especially when I know it's headed in the right direction. I know we can be good now.
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We finished that game with three freshmen, a true sophomore and a junior. It wasn't very good.
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I've got confidence in myself. I've learned a lot of good things from a lot of great coaches. I knew if I surrounded myself with the right kind of players, we'd be able to do some good things here.
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It's an opportunity I just couldn't turn down.
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It's a smaller community than the greater continent of Los Angeles. More than anything, it's the people.
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It's 14-0 and the offense hasn't even been out on the field yet. It could have got ugly, but it just shows you the improvement of our football program.
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When you're a head coach who is rebuilding a program, it takes time to build from down in the bottom when you want to do it right.