Mike Hold

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Mike Hold
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Position: Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1963-03-16) March 16, 1963 (age 59)
Phoenix, Arizona
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school: Corona del Sol
(Tempe, Arizona)
College: South Carolina
Undrafted: 1986
Career history
As a player:
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
As a coach:
Career NFL statistics
Passing TDs–INTs:2–1
Passing yards:123
Career Arena statistics
Passing TDs–INTs:118–47
Passing yards:7,140
Player stats at NFL.com  ·  PFR  ·  ArenaFan.com

James Michael Hold Jr. (born March 16, 1963) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League and Arena Football League. He played for the Chicago Bruisers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Maryland Commandos, Denver Dynamite, Sacramento Attack, Orlando Predators, Connecticut Coyotes, Arizona Rattlers and Houston ThunderBears. He later was the head coach of the Augusta Stallions, [1] Carolina Cobras, Las Vegas Gladiators and Mahoning Valley Thunder. [2] [3] He played college football at Mesa Community College prior to transferring to South Carolina. [4]

Hold made a cameo appearance in the 1998 sports comedy film The Waterboy, where he plays a quarterback for the Central Kentucky Football team. [5]

Hold is currently the Executive Athletic Director of Newberry College. [6]

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References

  1. "Stallions introduce 2nd coach". www.chronicle.augauta.com. The Augusta Chronicle. November 17, 2000. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  2. AFL Coaching stats
  3. Mahoning Valley Thunder cans head coach
  4. Hold has firm spot in Gamecocks history
  5. "Mike Hold". IMDb .
  6. Newberry College bio