Stacy Hollowell

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Stacy Hollowell
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team New Orleans
Conference Southland
Record0–0
Biographical details
Born Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
c. 1998–2000 St. Edward's (SA)
2000–2001 Western Kentucky (VA)
2001–2002St. Edward's (assistant)
2003–2006 Qatar (assistant)
2007 Manama Club
2007–2008 LCC International
2009–2010 Qatar youth
2011–2014 Loyola (LA) (assistant)
2014–2022Loyola (LA)
2023–2024 Texas Southern (assistant)
2024–present New Orleans
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2006 China (AS)
2022–2023 Ole Miss (AAD/MB)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NAIA championship (2022)
Awards
NABC NAIA Coach of the Year (2022)

Stacy Hollowell is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of the New Orleans Privateers men's basketball team. He previously coached for the St. Edward's Hilltoppers, Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, for the Qatar senior and youth national teams, Manama Sports Club, at LCC International University, for the Loyola Wolf Pack, Ole Miss Rebels and Texas Southern Tigers.

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Early life

Hollowell was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and grew up in Mandeville. [1] He attended Mandeville High School and played four years of basketball. [1] He graduated from St. Edward's University in Texas with a degree in economics in 2001. [2]

Coaching career

Hollowell had coached Biddy Basketball teams while in high school and decided to continue coaching afterwards. [3] While at St. Edward's, he served as a student assistant coach. [3] He later served one season as a volunteer assistant for the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, in 2000–01, before returning to St. Edward's as an assistant coach for the 2001–02 season. [4]

Hollowell began coaching overseas in 2003, serving from then until 2006 as an assistant coach for the Qatar men's national basketball team. [5] He helped the team go 111–56 in his tenure there while reaching the 2006 FIBA World Championship, which was the only appearance in their history. [5] [6] He also served briefly as an advanced scout for the China men's national basketball team, helping them win the basketball tournament at the 2006 Asian Games. [7]

Hollowell also coached the Bahrain team Manama Sports Club in 2007, helping them reach the national championship while missing their top player. [5] [8] He then worked as the coach of the basketball team at LCC International University in Lithuania for two years (2007–2008), leading them to the playoffs both seasons. [5] He returned to Qatar as head coach of the national youth team in 2009 and remained there through 2010, before moving back to the United States. [3]

Hollowell joined the Loyola Wolf Pack as an assistant coach in 2011. [9] In his first year, he helped them win the conference title and have their first 20-win season since 1948. [4] He was promoted to head coach in 2014. [4] He ultimately served eight years as head coach and compiled an overall record of 166–78, helping them make their first postseason appearance in 71 years and reaching the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Tournament in five of his last six years. [10] In 2021–22, he directed them to a record of 37–1 and led them to their first national championship since 1945, as they led the country in scoring and steals. [2] He received a number of honors for the season, including being named national Coach of the Year by the NAIA, the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and HoopDirt.com, as well as the Don Meyer NAIA Coach of the Year, LABC Louisiana Small College Coach of the Year and Southern States Athletic Conference Coach of the Year. [2]

After the 2021–22 season, Hollowell left to be named the associate athletic director for men's basketball for the Ole Miss Rebels. [11] After one year there, he joined the Texas Southern Tigers as assistant coach. [7] He was hired as the head coach of the New Orleans Privateers in April 2024. [12]

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  4. 1 2 3 "Giorlando out / Hollowell in at Loyola (NO)". HoopDirt. July 28, 2014.
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  7. 1 2 "Men's Basketball Adds Stacy Hollowell To Coaching Staff". Texas Southern Tigers. May 24, 2023.
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  11. ↑ Redding, Jared (July 8, 2022). "New Ole Miss basketball staff member Stacey Hollowell named Louisiana Collegiate Coach of the Year". 247Sports .
  12. ↑ "UNO has its new men's basketball coach, but he's hardly new to the city of New Orleans". Nola.com . April 25, 2024.
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