Carolina Basketball Camps: Camp Staff

Camp Staff

Joe Holladay – Assistant Coach

Joe Holladay is in his fifth year as an assistant coach with the Tar Heels and his 15th as a member of Roy Williams' coaching staff. He has a combined record of 387-94 (.805) on the bench with Williams.

The Tar Heels won the 2004-05 Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title and the NCAA championship. It was the seventh time his teams have finished first in the conference race and the third time in four years he was a member of a Final Four squad. The Tar Heels were No. 1 in the nation in scoring, assists and scoring margin, fifth in field goal percentage and eighth in rebounding.

Last year, the Tar Heels posted a pair of Top-10 road wins at Duke and Kentucky and finished second in the ACC, despite having the most inexperienced team in school history. The surprise success earned Williams ACC and national coaching honors.

Holladay came to Carolina prior to the 2003-04 season and helped the Tar Heels return to the NCAA Tournament. UNC improved its scoring production by 10 points from the previous season and knocked off No. 1 ranked and eventual national champion Connecticut.

Holladay's responsibilities include recruiting, scouting and day-to-day basketball operations. He oversees the academic progress of the student-athletes. Byron Sanders and Melvin Scott have earned ACC All-Academic honors.

Including Tar Heels Marvin Williams, Raymond Felton, Sean May and Rashad McCants, 12 of Holladay's players have been selected in the first round of the NBA Draft. Four of his student-athletes earned first-team academic All-America honors and he has coached 26 first-team academic all-conference honorees in the last 11 years.

Holladay joined Williams at the University of Kansas prior to the 1993-94 season after 23 highly successful years as a high school coach, teacher and administrator. The Jayhawks posted a cumulative record of 312-71 (.815), and won six conference regular-season championships and three Big 12 Tournament titles during his tenure. Kansas played in the 2002 and 2003 NCAA Final Fours, including the 2003 national championship game.

At Kansas, Holladay coached National Players of the Year Drew Gooden and Nick Collison and first-team All-Americas Jacque Vaughn, Raef LaFrentz, Paul Pierce and Kirk Hinrich.

Kansas finished the year ranked in the Top 10 in the Associated Press poll six times, including No. 1 in 1997 and No. 2 in 1998 and 2002.

A 1969 University of Oklahoma graduate with a degree in history, Holladay was a standout guard for the Sooners from 1966-69. As a senior, he served as team captain.

Holladay earned a master's degree in counseling in 1975 from East Central State University in Oklahoma.

He went to Kansas after working 13 years as head coach and eight years as athletics director at Jenks (Okla.) High School. Holladay previously served as a prep coach in the Oklahoma towns of Norman, Bartlesville, Tulsa, and Lindsay.

In 1998, Holladay was inducted into the Oklahoma High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame, and in 2002, he was inducted into the inaugural 20-member group of the Oklahoma Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

One of his top players at Jenks High School, Steve Hale, played at North Carolina from 1982-86 under then-assistant coach Roy Williams. Holladay was an outstanding prep baseball player. He was selected by the Chicago White Sox in the Major League Baseball Draft.

Holladay and his wife, Roi, a former schoolteacher, have a daughter, Heather, who is in television commercial production, and a son, Captain Mathew Holladay, a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, who served in Iraq.

Steve Robinson – Assistant Coach

Steve Robinson is in his fifth year as an assistant coach at the University of North Carolina and his 13th as a member of Roy Williams' coaching staff.

Last year, Carolina played three freshmen in the starting lineup for much of the season, but won 23 games and earned a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Forward Tyler Hansbrough received unprecedented honors at the national and ACC level for a freshman and Williams was the conference and NCAA Coach of the Year.

In 2004-05, the Tar Heels went 33-4, won the ACC regular-season title and beat the No. 1 ranked team in the nation to win the NCAA championship. Robinson helped coach four players who were selected in the first round of the 2005 NBA Draft, including Final Four MVP Sean May and ACC Rookie of the Year Marvin Williams. Raymond Felton won the Bob Cousy Award as the top point guard in the country.

It was only the second time in NBA history one school had four players chosen in the top 14 selections of one draft.

The Tar Heels averaged 88.0 points per game, the 10th time in as many years that Robinson has teamed with Williams to coach a squad averaging 80 or more points. The Tar Heels were No. 1 in the nation in scoring and assists, fifth in field goal accuracy and seventh in three-point shooting.

In 2003-04, Robinson coached three different Tar Heels who led the ACC in scoring, rebounding and assists. His primary responsibilities include scouting, recruiting and bench coaching. He was recently named one of the top 25 recruiters in college basketball.

Robinson was head coach at the University of Tulsa for two years (1995-97) and at Florida State University for five years (1997-2002).

As head coach at Florida State, he led the Seminoles to the second round of the 1998 NCAA Tournament, becoming the first coach in school history to qualify for the NCAA Tournament in his first season. The Seminoles went 18-14, beat No. 5 -anked Arizona, the defending champions, and upset fifth-seeded TCU in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Robinson was head coach at Tulsa in 1995-96 and 1996-97. He led the Golden Hurricane to a 46-18 record and back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Tournament. In his first year, Tulsa won 22 games and won the Missouri Valley Tournament for the first time in 10 years. In 1996-97, Tulsa went 24-10 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. For his efforts, Robinson was named the Coach of the Year in the WAC Mountain Division. The 24 wins were the second-most in Tulsa history. Robinson coached future NBA players Michael Ruffin and Shea Seals while at Tulsa.

Robinson has a record of 266-74 (.782) on the bench with Williams.

He was an assistant at Kansas from 1988-95 and in 2002-03, during which the Jayhawks posted a combined record of 214-59. The Jayhawks won five Big Eight Conference regular-season titles and made Final Four appearances in 1991 and 1993. He was the team's academic coordinator; nine players made the Big Eight All-Academic Team and 37 had grade point averages of 3.0 or better.

He coached a number of Kansas standouts, including first-team All-Americas Jacque Vaughn and Raef LaFrentz, All-Big Eight selections Kevin Pritchard, Mark Randall, Adonis Jordan and Rex Walters and Big Eight Newcomer of the Year Jerod Haase.

Before joining Williams in 1988, Robinson spent two years as an assistant coach at Cornell and three seasons at his alma mater, Radford. In 1988, Cornell won the Ivy League title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 35 years.

A native of Roanoke, Va., Robinson graduated from William Fleming High School, and attended Ferrum Junior College, where he played basketball for two seasons. He was one of three student-athletes to receive Radford's first athletic scholarships, and was team captain in 1980 and 1981. He earned his bachelor's degree in health and physical education in 1981 and his master's degree in counseling in 1985, both from Radford.

He is a member of both the Ferrum Junior College and Radford University Halls of Fame.

Robinson was born Oct. 29, 1957. He and his wife, Lisa, have four children - daughters, Shauna and Kiaya, and sons, Tarron and Denzel.

C.B. McGrath – Assistant Coach

C.B. McGrath is in his fifth year at the University of North Carolina and his ninth season as a member of Roy Williams' basketball staff. McGrath played point guard for Williams at Kansas. He was a team captain in 1997-98 and lettered in four seasons.

In addition to his bench duties, McGrath coaches UNC's junior varsity program and oversees the Roy Williams Carolina Basketball Camp, coordinates team video and the high school coaches clinic.

Last year, McGrath helped Williams win ACC and National Coach-of-the-Year honors as the Tar Heels went from unranked in the preseason polls to No. 10 in the nation in the final rankings.

McGrath was an assistant coach for the first time in 2004-05 as the Tar Heels went 33-4, won the ACC regular-season title with a 14-2 record and claimed the 2005 NCAA championship with a 75-70 win over Illinois. Point guard Raymond Felton earned first-team All-ACC and All-NCAA Final Four honors and was the winner of the Bob Cousy Award as the top point guard in the nation.

In his seven years on Williams' staff at Kansas and Carolina, those teams have a combined record of 188-52 and played in three Final Fours.

McGrath earned a scholarship prior to the start of his freshman season at Kansas. He was the top reserve behind first-team All-America Jacque Vaughn in 1994-95 and Ryan Robertson as a senior.

During his playing career, the Jayhawks won four Big Eight or Big 12 regular-season championships and the Big 12 Tournament championship in 1997 and 1998. Kansas went 123-17 and was ranked No. 5, 4, 1 and 2 in the nation, respectively, in the final Associated Press polls.

The Jayhawks were a perfect 58-0 at Allen Fieldhouse in McGrath's career. In 1997-98, McGrath was a tri-captain, along with Raef LaFrentz and Billy Thomas. McGrath also teamed with Greg Ostertag, Scot Pollard and Paul Pierce and roomed with current Tar Heel assistant coach Jerod Haase.

McGrath played in 112 career games, scored 82 points, had 113 assists and 35 steals. He had a better than 2:1 assist to turnover ratio, including 61 assists and just 24 turnovers as a senior. He scored his first basket as a freshman -- a three-pointer -- at NC State's Reynolds Coliseum.

He was a two-time Academic All-Big 12 selection.

Colin Bryan (C.B.) McGrath was born Nov. 21, 1975, in Indianapolis, Ind. He is one of 20 members of his family who have attended the University of Kansas.

McGrath attended Topeka West High School, where he earned 13 varsity letters in basketball, cross country, track and golf. He was the Kansas High School Player of the Year in basketball as a senior and placed in the top 10 in the state in cross country and golf.

He earned a B.A. in human biology and a master's degree in education. McGrath's wife, Kris played tennis at KU, where she was the Big 12 Player of the Year. The couple had twin daughters, Kate and Addison, in August 2006.

Jerod Haase – Director of Basketball Operations

Jerod Haase, a Naismith and Wooden Award candidate while playing shooting guard at the University of Kansas, is in his fifth year at North Carolina and his ninth season as a member of Roy Williams' staff.

Last year, Haase's second as a bench assistant, the Tar Heels 23-8, won at Kentucky and Duke and won seven of eight ACC road games, went 12-4 in the ACC and were a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament. He helped Williams win ACC and National Coach-of-the-Year honors.

Two years ago, Haase helped lead the Tar Heels to a 33-4 record and 2005 NCAA championship.

That was the third Final Four Haase has been part of as a member of Williams' staff. While at Kansas, the Jayhawks played in the 2002 Final Four and the 2003 national championship game.

Kansas and Carolina have combined to win 188 of 217 games (75 percent) in his seven years on Williams' staff.

Haase attended the University of California in 1992-93, and then transferred to Kansas. He helped lead the Jayhawks to three consecutive conference titles and finished his career ranked in the Top 10 among school leaders in assists, three-point field goals and steals.

He started 99 of 101 games at Kansas and scored 1,264 points, an average of 12.5 per game. Haase scored in double figures 74 times, including 20 or more points 13 times.

In his three years, the Jayhawks went 89-13 and were ranked No. 5, 4 and 1 in the nation in the final media poll, respectively. As a senior, Haase started with Jacque Vaughn, Scot Pollard, Paul Pierce and Raef LaFrentz as Kansas went 34-2. He averaged 12.0 points despite playing with a broken wrist.

He scored a career-high 30 points against Temple as a junior. That year he was named to the Big Eight All-Defensive Team. He scored 16 points, including the game-winning three-point field goal, to beat Arizona, 83-80, in the 1996 NCAA regional semifinal.

As a sophomore in 1994-95, the South Lake Tahoe, Calif., native was named the Big Eight Conference Newcomer of the Year and was a second-team all-conference selection. He led Kansas with 15.0 points a game, including a season-high 26 against Missouri and 20 against No. 2-ranked Connecticut.

He started 23 games in 1992-93 as a freshman at Cal, where he teamed in the backcourt with Jason Kidd. Haase scored 13 points in the Bears' NCAA second round win over Duke.

In 1995, Haase teamed with Tim Duncan, Allen Iverson and Kerry Kittles to win the gold medal at the World University Games.

A 1997 Kansas graduate in business administration, Haase was a first-team GTE Academic All-America as a senior. He was also a second-team Academic All-America in 1996 and was academic all-conference for three years. He earned a Master's of Science degree in business at KU in 2000.

Haase, who roomed with C.B. McGrath in college, co-wrote `Floor Burns,' detailing the 1996-97 season, which sold more than 30,000 copies. Floor burns are a statistic the Kansas stat crew created in honor of Haase, who had 165 of them as a junior. He also produced a basketball instructional video.