Bio

Matt Holtz is in his fourth season as the head men's lacrosse coach at Olivet College in 2018-19.

In 2017, he helped the Comets advance to the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Tournament for a fourth straight season. Overall, Olivet had a 7-7 record, including a 5-2 mark to tie for second-place in the league standings. That was the highest finish in school history.

In 2016, the Comets posted a 6-10 overall record, with a 4-3 MIAA mark. In two season, Holtz has coached six All-MIAA players.

Prior to joining Olivet's staff, he was the head girl’s lacrosse coach at Okemos High School during the 2014-15 school year. He led the Chiefs to a 16-4 record and a regional championship, while coaching seven All-State selections, and was named the Lansing State Journal Coach of the Year.

Before Okemos, Holtz was the head men’s lacrosse coach at University of Detroit-Mercy (UDM) from 2007-14. While there, he guided the Titans to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Tournament championship in the fifth year of the program’s existence. Also under his leadership, they attained the best outcome ever in the NCAA tournament by a MAAC school, reached the MAAC tournament championship in the program’s third year and advanced to four consecutive MAAC tournaments.

At UDM, Holtz’s players earned 17 All-Conference honors, five MAAC All-Rookie Team honors, three Long-Stick Midfielder of the Year awards, two Rookie of the Year awards and a Defensive Player of the Year award. He recruited and developed the NCAA’s all-time leader in caused turnovers, NCAA leader in saves and saves percentage in 2014, and the nation’s top freshman goal scorer in 2010 and 2011. Holtz also recruited a Tewaraton Award Watch List player in 2012.

In addition, Holtz’s teams excelled in the classroom. The team’s GPA increased over six consecutive years, and he coached 67 All-MAAC Academic team members over five years.

Holtz also served as the head coach of the Michigan State University club team from 2005-07 after being the team’s offensive coordinator from 1997-2005. During his two seasons as head coach, the Spartans posted a 22-10 and reached the conference finals.

Holtz graduated from Michigan State in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and computer engineering.