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| Title | Linebackers coach | ||||||||
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| Born | (1965-03-11)March 11, 1965 (age 60) Bellville, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 221 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Hempstead(Hempstead, Texas) | ||||||||
| College | Texas A&M | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1987: 2nd round, 41st overall pick | ||||||||
| Position | Linebacker, No. 50 | ||||||||
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Johnny Ray Holland (born March 11, 1965) is an American professionalfootball coach and former player who is thelinebackers coach for theSan Francisco 49ers of theNational Football League (NFL). Holland played in the NFL as alinebacker for theGreen Bay Packers from 1987 to 1993. He was inducted into theGreen Bay Packers Hall of Fame.
Holland playedcollege football for theTexas A&M Aggies and was selected in the second round of the1987 NFL draft. He won aSuper Bowl with the Packers. He is also an inductee into the Texas A&M Hall of Fame and the Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame.
Holland is a graduate ofHempstead High School inHempstead, Texas. While attending Hempstead High, Holland was aletterman in several sports. He became an All-State player in both football and basketball, while simultaneously becoming a top-10 student. Holland is the first of only three Hempstead High School alumni to play in the NFL, the other beingHarvey Williams and Tre Turner.
Prior to his professional football career, Holland was a four-year letterman atTexas A&M University inCollege Station, Texas. There, he was a three-year starter and was Texas A&M's all-time leading tackler until his record was broken in 1998 byDat Nguyen.[1]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | ||
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| 6 ft1+3⁄4 in (1.87 m) | 226 lb (103 kg) | 33 in (0.84 m) | 10+1⁄4 in (0.26 m) | 4.76 s | 1.64 s | 2.75 s | 4.36 s | 33.5 in (0.85 m) | 10 ft 4 in (3.15 m) | 16 reps | ||
| All values fromNFL Combine[2] | ||||||||||||
Holland was a second-round draft pick (41st overall) for the Green Bay Packers in 1987.[3] He posted over 100 tackles for six consecutive seasons while playing for Green Bay. He retired from play after the 1993 season. He was inducted into theGreen Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 2001.[4]
After retiring as a linebacker for Green Bay, Holland moved on to an NFL coaching career, beginning as a defensive quality control coach for the Packers from 1995 to 1997. He went on to coach special teams in 1998 and linebackers in 1999. He helped to lead the Packers to back-to-back NFC championships following the 1996 and 1997 seasons and an NFL championship inSuper Bowl XXXI.
In 2000, Holland moved on to theSeattle Seahawks, where he served as the assistant special teams and assistant strength and conditioning coach. He returned to his more familiar role as linebackers coach in 2001 and 2002. For the 2003 season, Holland moved to theDetroit Lions. In Detroit, he was defensive assistant coach from 2003 to 2004 and linebackers coach in 2005. Holland returned his home state of Texas in 2006. He was the linebackers coach for theHouston Texans until being fired in 2011.[5]
In 2012, Holland was hired by new Raiders head coachDennis Allen to coach the team's linebackers. On December 31, 2012, he was relieved of his duties. Holland joined theBC Lions of theCanadian Football League (CFL) as a linebackers coach on February 19, 2014, after 17 years of coaching in the NFL. He returned to the NFL in 2016 as linebackers coach of theCleveland Browns under head coachHue Jackson.[6]
Holland is married to Faith Holland and is the father ofJordan Holland and Joli Holland.