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Barney Holland was born in
Marshfield
on May 11, 1932. He attended
Harding
Grade School
,
Marshfield
Junior High School
and
Marshfield
graduating in 1950.
While attending
Marshfield
he was a three-year varsity basketball starter.
These teams won three district championships and went to three
state tournaments. Against
state competition the teams placed 3rd, 2nd and 4th,
compiling an overall record of 94 wins and 18 losses.
Barney earned All-District and All-State honors his junior and
senior years. He was the first
Pirate in history to score over 1000 point (1025) in his high school
career.
As a football player he was the starting quarterback during his junior and
senior years. His senior year
the team won the district championship and reached the state semi-finals.
The Pirates lost at LaGrande in a hard fought game 7 to 6.
Barney was named All-District and All-State.
He played in the 1950 Shriner All-Star game.
Barney received a football/basketball scholarship to the
University
of
Oregon
in 1950. At
Oregon
he was a two-year football letterman as quarterback.
His most notable achievement was leading the Ducks to a 13-6
victory over the highly ranked U.S.C. Trojans, passing for the winning
touchdown.
Basketball wise Barney was a three year letterman, being named the team
M.V.P. in 1954. He was also
named 1st team All-Northern Division and 2nd team
All-Coast. In addition he set
the U of O single game scoring record of 32 points.
The record stood for eight years.
In 2003 Barney was inducted into the Ducks Hall of Fame for
football and basketball.
Upon his graduation from
Oregon
in 1954 he entered the Air Force and received his pilots wings in 1956.
In 1958 he started a high school teaching/coaching career that lasted 32
years. It included stops at
Lebanon
, North Eugene and
Aloha
High Schools
, plus two years as assistant basketball coach at
Oregon
.
Barney’s basketball teams won three state championships and ten district
championships. He received
numerous honors as a basketball coach including “Oregon Basketball Coach
of the Year” in 1966, 1976 1977 and 1989, “The West Coast National
Coach of the Year” in 1967 and “McDonald’s Coach of the Year” in
1977.
Barney married Mary Jane Rud in 1955 and currently resides in
Beaverton
,
Oregon
. This December 23rd
Mary Jane and Barney will be celebrating their 49th wedding
anniversary. Their son David
is a also a basketball coach at
Aloha
High School
. Their daughter Sara coached
volleyball at
LaPine
High School
. There is a six year
old grandson Mack Fox, who Barney thoroughly enjoys coaching and playing
with. |
