Nick Holz

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Nick Holz
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Holz with the Tennessee Titans in 2024
Las Vegas Raiders
Title Pass game coordinator
Personal information
Born (1984-03-26) March 26, 1984 (age 41)
Walnut Creek, California, U.S.
Listed height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight180 lb (82 kg)
Career information
Position Wide receiver
High school De La Salle (Concord, California)
College Colorado (2002–2006)
Career history
Coaching profile  at Pro Football Reference

Nick Holz (born March 26, 1984) is an American professional football coach and former player who is the pass game coordinator for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes and has previously been a coach with the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Stanford Cardinal, Oakland Raiders, UNLV Rebels, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Tennessee Titans.

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Early life

Holz was born on March 26, 1984, in Walnut Creek, California. [1] He grew up in Danville, California, and attended De La Salle High School in Concord, where he was teammates with Maurice Jones-Drew and Brian Callahan. [2] [3] Holz played football as a wide receiver at De La Salle and was named the team's Most Inspirational Player as a senior, helping them win the state championship while having 10 receptions for 93 yards. [1]

Holz was a walk-on with the Colorado Buffaloes. [4] He redshirted in 2002 and saw no action in 2003 before becoming the team's starting holder in 2004, a position Holz stayed in for his final three years. [1] Holz became known as the holder for Mason Crosby for three years and was the first three-year holder at Colorado in 20 years. [2] [3] Holz caught his only three career passes for 29 yards in 2006 and won The Regiment Award for being the Colorado player with the "greatest contribution with the least recognition." [2] [3]

Coaching career

Early career

After having graduated from Colorado following the 2006 season, Holz joined the Nebraska Cornhuskers in 2007 as a video intern and offensive quality control coach, having a connection to head coach Bill Callahan, whose son Holz was teammates with back in high school. [3] [5] [6]

In 2008, Holz became an offensive and operations assistant with the Stanford Cardinal, and was also an assistant quarterbacks coach. [3] [7]

Oakland / Las Vegas Raiders

After four years at Stanford, Holz became an offensive assistant with the Oakland Raiders (later Las Vegas Raiders) of the National Football League (NFL) in 2012. [8] He was able to coach his high school teammate Maurice Jones-Drew in the 2014 season. [4] Holz was one of only two assistant coaches retained in 2015 and became offensive quality control coach. [9] He became the assistant wide receivers coach in 2017, returned to offensive quality control coach in 2018, and became assistant wide receivers coach a second time in 2021. [7]

UNLV Rebels

On February 23, 2022, Holz was hired to be the offensive coordinator for the UNLV Rebels. [10]

Jacksonville Jaguars

On February 22, 2023, Holz was hired to be the passing game coordinator for the Jacksonville Jaguars, replacing Jim Bob Cooter. [11]

Tennessee Titans

On February 5, 2024, Holz was hired as the offensive coordinator for the Tennessee Titans. [12] On January 22, 2026, it was announced that Holz would not be retained under new head coach Robert Saleh. [13]

Las Vegas Raiders (second stint)

On February 27, 2026, Holz was hired as the Raiders' passing game coordinator under new head coach Klint Kubiak. [14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Nick Holz". Colorado Buffaloes.
  2. 1 2 3 "Nick Holz". Jacksonville Jaguars.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Harvey, Demetrius (February 23, 2023). "Three things to know about newly-hired Jaguars passing game coordinator Nick Holz". The Florida Times-Union .
  4. 1 2 Tafur, Vic (July 27, 2014). "De La Salle alums Maurice Jones-Drew and Nick Holz reunited with Raiders". SFGATE .
  5. ↑ Shipley, John (February 23, 2023). "Jaguars Hire Nick Holz As Passing Game Coordinator". Sports Illustrated .
  6. ↑ Thorburn, Ryan (August 14, 2009). "Holz goes Big Red: Former Buff catching grief for taking internship on Nebraska staff" . Daily Camera .
  7. 1 2 Harvey, Demetrius (February 22, 2023). "Jaguars hire former UNLV OC Nick Holz as passing game coordinator". The Florida Times-Union .
  8. ↑ Simmons, Myles (January 26, 2024). "Titans plan to interview Nick Holz for offensive coordinator on Monday". ProFootballTalk . NBC Sports.
  9. ↑ McDonald, Jerry (February 10, 2015). "A look at sweeping change on Raiders coaching staff". The Mercury News .
  10. ↑ Gordon, Sam (February 23, 2022). "UNLV hires Raiders assistant as offensive coordinator". Las Vegas Review-Journal .
  11. ↑ "Jaguars hire Nick Holz as passing game coordinator". ProFootballTalk . February 22, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Titans Hire Nick Holz as Offensive Coordinator, Dennard Wilson as Defensive Coordinator". TennesseeTitans.com. February 5, 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Titans' Robert Saleh already making changes to his coaching staff". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved March 5, 2026.
  14. ↑ "Raiders hire Nick Holz as offensive pass game coordinator". NBC Sports. February 28, 2026. Retrieved February 28, 2026.
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