Jarad Hollis comes to Maryville University for the 2025-26 season as an assistant coach after serving as a graduate student manager at Kansas State University the last two seasons.
Hollis helped the Wildcats record 35 wins in two seasons, including 17 victories in Big XII play. He assisted as KSU posted a 19-15 overall record, including an 8-10 mark in the new 14-team Big 12, in 2023-24. Among the 19 wins were 10 over teams that advanced to the postseason, including Top 25 wins over Baylor, BYU, Iowa State and No. 4 Kansas. Hollis was on the staff in 2024-25 that saw the Wildcats post wins over six ranked teams including Arizona, Arizona State, Cincinnati, No. 3 Iowa State, Kansas, West Virginia.
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Prior to KSU, Holis worked for four seasons (2019-23) as the head manager at North Texas. During Hollis’ time at UNT, the Mean Green enjoyed one of the greatest stretches in school history, totaling 94 victories to go along with one NIT Championship (2023), one NCAA Tournament appearance (2021), two NIT appearances (2022, 2023), two Conference USA regular-season championships (2020 and 2022) and one C-USA Tournament title (2021). In all, the squad compiled a 94-35 (.729) overall record, including a 55-15 (.786) mark in league action.
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Hollis was a part of some of UNT’s greatest moments, including the first-ever C-USA regular-season championship in 2020, the historic overtime 78-69 victory over fourth-seeded Purdue in the 2021 NCAA Tournament as well as the school-record 31-7 record and first-ever NIT Championship in 2022-23.
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The Monroe, La., native also spent time at Navarro College, where he earned an associate degree in general studies in 2019. Hollis earned a bachelor's degree in kinesiology from North Texas in 2023. He graduated with a master’s degree in counseling and student development at K-State in 2025.
