Michael Holder is entering his sixth season as an assistant coach for the University of North Georgia baseball program. Before coming to UNG, Holder spent eight seasons as an assistant coach for Peach Belt Conference foe USC Aiken. He has over 15 years of coaching experience at the NCAA Division I and II levels.
Holder spent eight season as an assistant coach for the USCA baseball program, serving the last two as pitching coach for the Pacers. Under his direction, the pitching staff at USC Aiken posted a 3.57 earned run average in 2012 and led the Pacers to a 38-win season and a top-20 ranking in the final Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Division II national poll.
As a hitting instructor in his early seasons at USC Aiken, Holder helped the Pacers to a school-record 47 wins in 2008 and the PBC regular season championship in 2009. The Pacers broke numerous school hitting records in 2009 with Southeast Region Player of the Year and All-American Travis Howard leading the nation in RBI's with 103, which also tied a Division II national record.
Prior to his stint at USC Aiken, Holder spent three seasons as a volunteer assistant at Vanderbilt University. During his tenure in Nashville, Tennessee, Holder mentored the Commodore catchers and oversaw field preparations at Hawkins Field.
In the summer of 2003, Holder served as an assistant coach for the Cotuit Kettleers of the prestigious Cape Cod League.
The Evans, Ga., native is a 2001 graduate of Augusta State University with a Bachelor of Science in Education. As a player, he was a four-year letter winner as a catcher at Georgia Southern University from 1995-1999.
Holder and his wife Stephanie have one daughter, Lily.Â
