page_title: Chris Holtmann
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caption_attribution_description: English: Ohio State Head Coach Chris Holtmann on the sideline at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma during the 2019 NCAA Basketball Tournament.
context_page_description: Chris Holtmann is an American basketball coach who is currently the head coach at Ohio State University.
  Holtmann grew up in Nicholasville, Kentucky, before playing basketball at Taylor University. In 1994, his senior year, he earned All-America honors and Taylor hit number one in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics rankings. Holtmann got his start in coaching as a graduate assistant at Taylor in 1997. The next year, he became an assistant coach at Geneva College, then returned to his alma mater as an assistant in 1999.
  Holtmann joined Gardner-Webb's staff in 2002 and spent the next five seasons there, first as an assistant coach and then as associate head coach. After two seasons as an assistant at Ohio, he returned to Gardner-Webb as head coach. At Gardner-Webb, he led a successful rebuilding effort culminating in the school's first Division I postseason appearance in 2013. He was named conference and district coach of the year for his efforts.
  In July 2013, Holtmann left Gardner-Webb to become an assistant coach at Butler.
context_section_description: Chris Holtmann (born November 11, 1971) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head coach at Ohio State University.
  Holtmann grew up in Nicholasville, Kentucky, before playing basketball at Taylor University. In 1994, his senior year, he earned All-America honors and Taylor hit number one in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) rankings. Holtmann got his start in coaching as a graduate assistant at Taylor in 1997. The next year, he became an assistant coach at Geneva College, then returned to his alma mater as an assistant in 1999.
  Holtmann joined Gardner-Webb's staff in 2002 and spent the next five seasons there, first as an assistant coach and then as associate head coach. After two seasons as an assistant at Ohio, he returned to Gardner-Webb as head coach. At Gardner-Webb, he led a successful rebuilding effort culminating in the school's first Division I postseason appearance in 2013. He was named conference and district coach of the year for his efforts.
  In July 2013, Holtmann left Gardner-Webb to become an assistant coach at Butler. In October 2014, he took over the program as interim head coach when Brandon Miller requested a medical leave of absence from the university. On January 2, 2015, Holtmann was named the permanent head coach.
  On June 9, 2017, Holtmann left Butler to become the head coach at Ohio State.
caption: Holtmann coaching Ohio State in 2019
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