Holt attended high school at Bellarmine College Preparatory in San Jose, California, where he played football and baseball and graduated in 1981. He enrolled at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, where he played linebacker and lettered for four years for the Tigers, redshirting in 1982 due to injury. In his senior season of 1985, Holt was an All-American honorable mention, Pacific's MVP and a team captain. During the 1983 season, Pacific's offensive coordinator and assistant head coach was alumnus Pete Carroll, whom Holt later worked under at USC. Holt graduated from UOP in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in political economics.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_HoltCoach Holt is the DC at Purduehttps://twitter.com/coachnickholtHas coached in 11 bowl games, including five BCS bowl gamesHelped USC to a national championship as the linebackers coachHas 11 years of experience as a defensive coordinator (Idaho, USC, Washington, WKU)Has three years of experience as a head coach (Idaho)In three years as USC's defensive coordinator, the Trojans won three consecutive Rose BowlsHolt's 2007 USC defense ranked second in the nation in total and scoring defenseCOACHING CAREER1986: St. Mary's HS (Defensive Coordinator)1987: UNLV (Graduate Assistant)1988-89: UNLV (Defensive Line)1990-93: Idaho (Defensive Line)1994: Idaho Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line)1995-97: Idaho (Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers)1998-2000: Louisville (Defensive Line)2001-03: USC (Linebackers)2004-05: Idaho (Head Coach)2006-08: USC Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line)2009-11: Washington (Defensive Coordinator/Assistant Head Coach)2012: Arkansas (Recruiting Coordinator)2013: WKU (Defensive Coordinator)2014: WKU (Associate Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator)
