McKendree University Athletics

Nick Holeton enters his first season as an assistant football coach for McKendree University. Holeton will serve as the Bearcats’ offensive line coach.
 
Holeton arrives at McKendree after spending the 2021 season as the offensive line coach at Berry College, which is an NCAA Division III school in Mount Berry, Ga. Berry posted a 6-4 overall record in his one season with the Vikings.
 
Prior to working at Berry College, Holeton spent two seasons (2019-21) as a graduate assistant coac working with the offensive line on Chris Creighton’s staff at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Mich. In his two seasons with the Eagles, EMU went 8-11 overall and 5-9 in the Mid-American Conference, including playing in the Quick Lane Bowl against Pittsburgh in 2019.
 
Holeton came to Eastern Michigan after spending two years on the coaching staff at Lawrence Technological University from 2017-19. At Lawrence Tech, Holeton served as the offensive line coach as a graduate assistant, along with acting as the team’s community service coordinator. In 2018, Lawrence posted a 5-3 record as an NAIA Independent in the program’s first year back playing football since 1946.
 
Before joining Lawrence Tech, Holeton spent three seasons at Loras College (2014-16) on Coach Steve Helminiak’s staff. He worked with Loras’ running backs, tight ends and hybrids.
 
Holeton played offensive line at Loras College from 2009-12. In his time with the Duhawks, Holeton started 30 games and served as a team captain as a senior and was also a member of Loras’ Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. He earned Second-Team All-Conference honors in 2012 and was selected to play in the Tazon de Estrella All-Star Game, which was an All-Star Game that pitted NCAA Division III All-Stars against a team of All-Stars from Mexico. The D-III All-Stars won the game, 32-15.
 
He began his coaching career as a defensive coordinator for the freshman and sophomore football teams at Beckman Catholic High School in Dyersville, Iowa, in 2013.
 
The Pecatonica, Ill., native earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Sports Science from Loras College in 2012 and earned his Master’s in Business Administration from Lawrence Tech in 2019.