Mike Holman
Lawrence Central High School
Impact Statement
Holman has produced success in both the high school stage and college over the course of his storied career.
Biography
Holman has coached boys’ and girls’ cross country for 28 seasons and boys’ track and field for 30 seasons and is completing his 20th season at Lawrence Central. He is the only coach in Indiana history to have coached an individual state cross country champion at two different schools – Matt Grady at Muncie Northside High in 1982 and Nick Middleton at Lawrence Central in 1991.
Two of his teams have been state runners-up – Muncie Northside in 1979 and Lawrence Central in 2006. His girls’ team finished third in state and his boys’ team finished sixth this year. His boys’ track and field teams won state titles in 1998 and 2005, and the 1998 title was the school’s first in any sport in its 70-year history. His 2007 team finished third in state and last year’s team seventh. The Indiana Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches (IATCCC) has named him its Coach of the Year three times, and he was inducted into the IATCCC Hall of Fame in 2006.
After being honored, Holman continued to lead Lawrence Central for another six years. Holman coached two state championship teams and four teams finishing as state runners-up. Overall, his teams won 20 conference championships in track and three in cross country.
Holman moved on to coach for the 2011-2012 season at the University of Indianapolis. At the conclusion of the stint Holman was hired as the Head Coach of the Men’s and Women’s Cross Country team, as well as the Men’s and Women’s Track & Field teams at Marian University in Indianapolis in July of 2012.
In his seven seasons, Holman’s teams have broken school records and continued his success at a new level. In 2016 Holman was named the NAIA Great Lakes Region Coach of the Year. His men’s cross country and track programs were named the second-best program in the country by the USTFCCCA.
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