Tu Holloway - Men's Basketball Coach

Tu Holloway

Title:
Director of Player Development
Email:
ath-mbasketballrecruiting@usf.edu

X: @SFFiveTu
Instagram: @ssfivetu

Years In Coaching: 1^st season
Years at USF: 1^st season
Alma Mater: Xavier University, 2012 – Bachelor’s degree in communications
Hometown: Hempstead, N.Y.

NOTABLE
• 2011 Atlantic-10 Player of the Year
• Two-time AP Third Team All-American
• Xavier teams won 100 games (average of 25 per year), won three A-10 regular season titles and made the NCAA Tournament four times, including three Sweet 16 appearances.
• Recorded 1,833 career points, sixth on Xavier’s all-time scoring list, and 550 career assists, third Xavier’s all-time list, dishing 100 or more assists and leading the team in assists in three straight seasons.

Tu Holloway joined Chris Mack’s first South Florida staff as director of player development in April of 2026.

Holloway came to Tampa after a 14-year professional playing career that saw him play for teams in 14 countries, including in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.

An NBA D-League All-Star selection in 2015, he had a long and successful career playing internationally. Holloway led Piratas de Quebradillas (Puerto Rico) to the 2017 Baloncesto Superior Nacional championship, earning the Finals MVP honors. He returned to Hapoel Holon (Isreal) on a one-year deal in 2018 and was named Israeli League Round 20 MVP and won the 2018 Israeli State Cup with Holon, as well as reaching the 2018 Israeli League Final. In 35 games played during the 2017–18 season, he averaged 15.5 points, 2.4 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.3 blocks per game.

A standout point guard at Xavier (2008-12), Holloway’s Xavier teams won 100 games (an average of 25 per season), won three A-10 regular season titles and made the NCAA Tournament four times, including three Sweet 16 appearances. He finished his career ranked sixth all-time in scoring (1,833) and third in assists (550) in Xavier history after leading the team in assists three straight seasons (recording 100 or more each season) and in scoring twice. He also set Xavier records with a career free throw percentage of 85.2 and 675 free throws made, also setting a single-game mark of 17-of-17 at Richmond in 2011.

He was named the 2011 Atlantic-10 Player of the Year and a member of the A-10 All-Defensive Team as a junior after leading the conference with 5.4 assists per game and finishing second in the league in scoring at 19.7 ppg. He led the Musketeers to the regular season A-10 title. Holloway was also the only player in NCAA Division I basketball to record two triple-doubles during the season and received national recognition as he was named a third-team All-American by the Associated Press, Fox Sports, and Sporting News magazine.

In 2011-12 he earned Lute Olson All-America Team (CollegeInsider.com) recognition for the second straight year as well as NABC All-District 4 First Team, Atlantic 10 Conference First Team, and a number of honorable mention All-America recognitions. Earned 2012 A-10 All-Championship Team selection after averaging 19.7 ppg in XU's three games.

A part-time starter as a freshman, he became the starting point guard as a sophomore, playing alongside future NBA player Jordan Crawford. He averaged 12.1 points and 3.9 assists that year and helped the Musketeers to a 26–9 record and a share of the Atlantic 10 title. He went on to score 26 points vs. Kansas State in a classic 2010 NCAA Tournament Regional Semifinal.

Born August 21, 1989, in Hempstead, N.Y., Holloway earned his bachelor’s degree in communications from Xavier in 2012.

Holloway Coaching Career
2026-               South Florida, Director of Player Development

Holloway Playing Career
2012–2013      Aliaga Petkim
2013–2014      Leuven Bears
2014                Atléticos de San Germán
2014                Guaros de Lara
2014–2015      Halcones Rojos Veracruz
2015                Guaros de Lara
2015                Mets de Guaynabo
2015–2016      Texas Legends
2016                Guaros de Lara
2016–2017      Vanoli Cremona
2017                Hapoel Holon
2017                Piratas de Quebradillas
2017–2018      Hapoel Holon
2018–2019      Istanbul BB
2019                Incheon ET Land Elephants
2019                Piratas de Quebradillas
2019–2020      Rytas Vilnius
2020–2021      OGM Ormanspor
2021                Piratas de Quebradillas
2021–2022      Maccabi Rishon LeZion
2022                Zamalek
2022–2024      Real Estelí
2023                Cagrejeros de Santurce
2024                Plateros de Fresnillo
2024                Brillantes del Zulia
2024                Cocodrilos de Caracas
2024-2025       London Lions
2025                Metros de Santiago
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