Will Holt joined the Maryland field hockey coaching staff as an assistant coach and director of high performance for field hockey in March 2025.
Holt came to College Park with 16 years of experience with Team USA scoring 85 career goals. Holt will head up Maryland's attack unit.
Holt worked as an assistant coach at Louisville for two years and prior to the 2022 campaign he served as an assistant coach at Indiana University for the 2020 and 2021 seasons. He returned to his alma mater where he spent four seasons as a volunteer coach from 2012-15 while earning his bachelor's and master's degrees. While at Indiana, Holt helped guide the 2021 Hoosiers to 10 wins including seven shutout victories, two ranked victories and a Big Ten Tournament appearance. After the season, Kira Curland was named to the Second Team All-Big Ten, Big Ten All-Tournament Team and NFHCA West Region Second Team.
A member of the U.S. Men's National Field Hockey Team since 2008, Holt has also built an impressive resume as a player and a coach within the USA Field Hockey organization.
Updated August 12, 2025
- Full Name: William Thomas Holt II (Will)
- Hometown: Camarillo, CA
- Education: Louisville '14 (B.S. Health & Human Performance: Exercise Science); Louisville '25 (M.S. Sport Administration)
- Spouse: Amanda Hoffman
- 2007-24: USA Men’s National Team (147 Caps) 2009-14: USA Indoor National Team (17 Caps) 8 Seasons Playing Full-time in Europe (The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, England)
- International Tournament Highlights:
- 2008: Kia Kaha Olympic Qualifier (Auckland, New Zealand)
- 2009: Pan American Cup (Santiago, Chile)
- 2009: World Cup Qualifier (Quilmes, Argentina)
- 2009: Indoor Pan American Cup (Argentina)
- 2011: Pan American Games (Guadalajara, Mexico)
- 2014: Indoor Pan American Cup (Monte Video, Uruguay)
- 2015: Pan American Games (Toronto, Canada)
- 2019: FIH Series Finals Odisha (Bhubaneswar, India)
- 2019: Pan American Games (Lima, Peru)
- 2012-15: Louisville, Volunteer Assistant Coach
- 2016-19: USA JNT, Head Coach U18 boys, Assistant U21 Men, Assistant U16 boys
- 2020-22: Indiana, Assistant Coach
- 2022-25: Louisville, Assistant Coach
- 2023-Present: USA MNT, Hockey 5’s Assistant Coach
- 2025-Present: USA JNT, Assistant Coach
- 2025-Present: Maryland, Assistant Coach & High Performance Director
