Sonny Holland
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
c. 1938 Butte, Montana |
| Playing career | |
| 1956–1959 | Montana State |
| Position(s) | Center |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1961 | Bozeman HS (MT) (assistant) |
| 1962–1964 | Montana State (assistant) |
| 1965–1967 | Great Falls (MT) Russell HS |
| 1968 | Washington State (assistant) |
| 1969 | Western Montana |
| 1970 | Montana State (DL) |
| 1971–1977 | Montana State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 47–24–1 (college, Montana State only) |
| Tournaments | 3–0 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
|
1 NCAA Division II (1976) Frontier (1969) 2 Big Sky (1972, 1976) | |
Allyn A. "Sonny" Holland (born c. 1938) is a former American football player and coach.[1] He was the head coach at Western Montana College in Dillon in 1969 and at Montana State University in Bozeman from 1971 to 1977, and led the Bobcats to the Division II title in 1976. A native of Butte, Holland played college football at Montana State from 1956 to 1959.[2]
At age 39, Holland stepped down as the Montana State head coach in November 1977.[3][4]
Head coaching record
College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Montana Bulldogs (Frontier Conference) (1969) | |||||||||
| 1969 | Western Montana | 1st | |||||||
| Western Montana: | |||||||||
| Montana State Bobcats (Big Sky Conference) (1971–1977) | |||||||||
| 1971 | Montana State | 2–7–1 | 0–5–1 | 7th | |||||
| 1972 | Montana State | 8–3 | 5–1 | 1st | |||||
| 1973 | Montana State | 7–4 | 5–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1974 | Montana State | 7–3 | 4–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 1975 | Montana State | 5–5 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| 1976 | Montana State | 12–1 | 6–0 | 1st | W NCAA Division II Championship | ||||
| 1977 | Montana State | 6–4 | 3–3 | 3rd | |||||
| Montana State: | 47–24–1 | 27–14–1 | |||||||
| Total: | |||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
References
- ↑ "'Sonny' Holland joining Sweeney". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). January 10, 1968. p. 13.
- ↑ "Parac Signs Resignation; 'Sonny' Holland Is Montana State Coach". The Daily Inter Lake. Kalispell, Montana. Associated Press. March 19, 1971. Retrieved September 15, 2016 – via Newspapers.com
. - ↑ "Sonny Holland quits Montana State post". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). November 10, 1977. p. 15.
- ↑ "Holland resigns at Montana State". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). UPI. November 9, 1977. p. 37.
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