Jeff Holman
Haddonfield Memorial High School
Impact Statement
“We try to get them to enjoy the sport. One of our goals is to get them involved as life-long tennis players.”
-Jeff Holman
Biography
In 33 seasons as Haddonfield’s girls’ tennis coach and 31 at the helm of the boys’ team, Holman has coached more than 2,000 matches and has won a national-record 1,730 of them. That includes a record of 871-120 as girls’ coach. His program regularly attracts about 120 boys and girls players each year. Holman’s traveling team, made up of varsity and JV players, includes 27 girls, along with another 30 or so involved in the program’s intramural league, which meets up to three times per week and often sends girls to varsity and junior varsity matches.
Last fall Haddonfield finished 30-3 and won the Colonial Conference, Group 2 South Jersey and Group 2 state championships, advancing to the Tournament of Champions semifinals. His team won the inaugural Tournament of Champions crown in 1980. Holman, whose teams have won 30 conference titles, 27 sectional crowns and 14 state group championships, was named the state’s Girls’ Tennis Coach of the Year this season by the Newark Star-Ledger. He was inducted into the Camden County Sports Hall of Fame this year.
Since being honored, Holman has continued to lead Haddonfield to success on and off the tennis courts. In 2014 Holman hit win 1,000 for his boy’s teams. Through 2019 Holman boasts 1,169 Girls’ wins and 1,146 Boys’ victories. Collectively, Holman’s teams have won 30 NJISAA State Championships. Both teams have won 41 Colonial Conference titles.
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