Former Las Vegas Raiders assistant Nick Holz was been named offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for UNLV football in March 2022.
Holz had just completed his 10th season with the Raiders and second as assistant wide receivers coach for the NFL franchise.
"I am incredibly excited to add a coach the caliber of Nick Holz to our staff,” said UNLV head coach Marcus Arroyo. “His addition demonstrates that this program is, and can remain, a coaching destination. He holds nearly a decade of experience in the NFL, working with talented quarterbacks like Carson Palmer and Derek Carr and helped to develop high-caliber NFL receivers. He also offers collegiate experience in the Pac-12, including working with Andrew Luck. Our staff wanted to add his experience, innovation and high energy to our offensive game planning and player development, and we are pumped to have him, his wife, Christine, and their family join us.”
The Danville, California, native previously held the roles of quality control – offense coach (2015-16, 2018-20) and assistant wide receivers coach (2017), after originally joining the Silver and Black as an offensive assistant coach (2012-14).
With Raiders, Holz helped the development of receiver Hunter Renfrow, who this past season earned his first trip to the NFL Pro Bowl after posting career-highs in catches (103), receiving yards (1,038) and touchdowns (nine). His reception total ranked second in the team’s single-season history as he helped the Raiders gain a playoff spot.
In 2020, Holz helped oversee a position group that posted an NFL-best average of 15.2 yards per reception, the highest mark by a Raiders wide receiving corps since 2004. He also aided newly acquired WR Nelson Agholor, who posted 48 receptions for a career-high 896 receiving yards while tying a career high with eight touchdown receptions.
Prior to joining the Raiders, Holz assisted on a Stanford staff that led the Cardinal to appearances in the Sun Bowl, Orange Bowl and Fiesta Bowl. As an assistant quarterbacks coach, he helped Luck earn first team All-America honors and twice finish as a Heisman Trophy runner-up. From 2008-09 he was a recruiting and operations assistant on Jim Harbaugh’s Stanford staff.
He began his collegiate coaching career at Nebraska, where he served as offensive quality control coach and video intern for the Cornhuskers in 2007.
A three-year letterwinner at the University of Colorado as a wide receiver and holder (2004-06), Holz earned his bachelor’s degree in communications in 2006. He went to Boulder after playing at powerhouse prep program De La Salle High School, including during the Spartans’ 2002 national championship season.
HOLZ’S COACHING EXPERIENCE
2022-PR UNLV – Offensive Coordinator, Quarterbacks
2021 Raiders (NFL) – Assistant Wide Receivers Coach
2018-20 Raiders (NFL) – Quality Control Coach – Offense
2017 Raiders (NFL) – Assistant Wide Receivers Coach
2015-16 Raiders (NFL) – Quality Control Coach – Offense
2012-14 Raiders (NFL) – Offensive Football Coach
2008-10 Stanford – Offensive & Operations Assistant
2007 Nebraska – Offensive Quality Control Coach
