X: @SFFiveTu
Instagram: @ssfivetu
Years In Coaching: 1st season
Years at USF: 1st 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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