Holloway Receives Third Consecutive USTFCCCA National Men's Indoor Coach of the Year Nod
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 | Track and Field
Florida head coach Mike Holloway was chosen as the 2012 U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) National Men's Indoor Coach of the Year, as voted on by the nation's coaches.
Holloway, in his tenth year at the helm at Florida, guided the Gators to their third-straight NCAA Indoor Track & Field team title this season. Florida held off SEC rival Arkansas for the 2012 national crown, scoring 52 points to the 49 posted by the Razorbacks.
The victory marked the 27th NCAA Championship for the Florida athletics program and the Gator men became the first Florida program to win three consecutive national titles. Florida joined Arkansas and UTEP as the only teams to have won at least three consecutive national indoor crowns.
Florida won three individual titles at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships. Junior sprinter Jeff Demps (Winter Garden, Fla.) won his third-straight crown at 60 meters, junior sprinter Tony McQuay (Riviera Beach, Fla.) was the NCAA Champion in a tightly-contested men's 400 meters race, while Omar Craddock (Killeen, Texas) continued the Orange and Blue's tradition in the triple jump, claiming the Gators' fourth consecutive victory in the event and sixth straight overall (Indoor: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012; Outdoor: 2010, 2011).
The NCAA Indoor Championships will air on Sunday, March 18 at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPNU.
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Recent USTFCCCA National Men's Indoor Coaches of the Year:
2012: Mike Holloway, Florida
2011: Mike Holloway, Florida
2010: Mike Holloway, Florida
2009: Dan Steele, Oregon
2008: Greg Kraft, Arizona State
2007: Ed Nuttycombe, Wisconsin
