Tom Holmoe

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Tom Holmoe
Date of birth:	March 7, 1960 (1960-03-07) (age 48)
Place of birth:	Los Angeles, California
Career information
Position(s):	Safety
College:	BYU
NFL Draft:	1983 / Round: 4/ Pick 90
Organizations
As player:
1983-1989	San Francisco 49ers
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Thomas Allen Holmoe (born March 7, 1960 in Los Angeles, California) is a former college and professional American football defensive back and coach. He is the current athletic director at Brigham Young University.

[edit] College

Holmoe played five years at Brigham Young University, where he played defensive back and safety. During his five years at BYU, the Cougars won five straight WAC titles.

[edit] Personal

Holmoe is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He lives in Provo with his wife Lori and their four children. His brother, Steve Holmoe played for the UCLA Bruins, but ended up breaking his neck which ended his career. He now serves as the P.E director at Glendale High School in Glendale, California.

[edit] Professional

Holmoe played seven seasons for the San Francisco 49ers, playing both safety positions. He won three Super Bowls with the 49ers, in 1984, 1988 and 1989.

[edit] Coaching

After retiring from pro football, Holmoe entered the coaching ranks, returning to BYU to serve as a graduate assistant under LaVell Edwards in 1990 and 1991. Holmoe then accepted an offer from Bill Walsh to become the Stanford secondary coach in 1992, where he remained for two seasons. The Cardinal was Pac-10 tri-champions in 1992 with a 10-3 overall record, including a win over Penn State in the Blockbuster Bowl.

Holmoe then returned to the 49ers, serving as George Seifert's defensive backfield coach for two seasons, where he coached such superstars as Deion Sanders, Merton Hanks, and Eric Davis. As defensive backfield coach, he won a fourth Super Bowl in 1994. Two years later in 1996, Holmoe joined the University of California staff as defensive coordinator under Steve Mariucci.

Following Mariucci's departure to the NFL, Holmoe assumed duties as head coach of the Golden Bears' football program from 1997. During his five year tenure at Cal, he compiled a 16-39 record, including a 9-31 record in Pac-10 play and a 1-10 season in 2001, the worst in the Golden Bears' history. Holmoe went 0-5 against archrival Stanford and failed to reach a bowl game as head coach of Cal. In addition, the NCAA banned Cal from postseason play in 2002, took away nine scholarships over four years, forced Cal to forfeit its four victories from the 1999 season due to ineligible players, and placed the program on five years of probation due to violations during Holmoe's reign. When Jeff Tedford led the Bears to a 7-5 record in 2002, they were not allowed to play in a bowl game.

[edit] Coaching record

*Cal finished 4-7 (3-5 in conference), but later forfeited the wins due to use of ineligible players

[edit] Athletic Administration

After resigning from Cal, Holmoe returned to Brigham Young to serve as Associate Athletic Director. In March of 2005, he was appointed the 12th Athletic Director of the University, and the first to oversee both men's and women's athletics. Under his leadership, the Cougars have achieved enormous success, winning 14 conference championships in the 2006-2007 academic year alone. Holmoe has had particular success with his two most conspicuous coaching hires, BYU head football coach Bronco Mendenhall, who has led BYU's football team back to national prominence, and head men's basketball coach Dave Rose, who has returned BYU's men's basketball team to consistent Mountain West Conference championships and NCAA tournament appearances.