Brian Holsinger joined the Oregon State coaching staff in the summer of 2016.
Currently in his third season with the Beavers, Holsinger helped Oregon State win 26 games in 2017-18, as the Beavers finished tied for third in the Pac-12 with a conference mark of 14-4 and made their second ever Elite Eight.
In his first season with the Beavers in 2016-17, Holsinger helped lead Oregon State to its third-straight Pac-12 regular season title, as  tallied the second-highest win total in program history with 31.
Holsinger came to Oregon State with 16 years of coaching experience under his belt, including eight years at Washington State. The Western Washington graduate was promoted to Associate Head Coach in 2014-15, his final year with the team, after spending the prior seven seasons as an assistant. During his time at Washington State, Holsinger was heavily involved in the team’s recruiting efforts, helping the Cougars lock down some of the best signing classes in program history. His 2007-08 recruiting class was ranked No. 16 in the nation by Blue Star Basketball.
Holsinger helped guide Washington State to WNIT berths in 2013-14 and 2014-15. The 2014 appearance was WSU’s first trip to the postseason since 1991. Holsinger also coached guards Lia Galdera and Tia Presley to All-Pac-12 honors in 2015.Â
The 2012-13 campaign saw the Cougars advanc to the Pac-12 Conference Tournament quarterfinals for the second straight season, beating Arizona State in the opening round before falling to top-seeded Stanford. WSU produced some notable wins while playing one of the toughest schedules in the country, beating No. 20 Ohio State, posting a road victory over regional rival Gonzaga and sweeping the season series with Arizona State. The Cougars, which contained a roster with six freshmen and three sophomores, also posted a four-game winning streak during Pac-12.
Holsinger also made his mark on the Washington State defense, as the Cougars set the school record for blocks with 114 along with the sixth-most steals in in single-season history. Holsinger oversaw the defense that made the fourth-most steals in the Pac-12, led by Galdeira’s conference-best 86.
In 2009-10, WSU was the only school to place two individuals on the five-member Pacific-10 Conference Media All-Defensive Team. Then-freshman Carly Noyes became the first player in school history to lead the conference in blocks and she went on to cap her career as WSU’s all-time leader in blocks, games played and starts. The 2009-10 and 2010-11 Cougar teams produced two of the top block totals in program history, recording 98 in 2009-10 and 100 in 2010-11, the second-best mark in the Cougar single-season record book.
Prior to entering the Division I coaching ranks, Holsinger spent two years as the head coach of NAIA program Montana Tech. During his tenure, he guided the Orediggers to the program’s first Top-25 ranking. Holsinger also engineered the biggest turnaround in Montana Tech history, taking the team from thee wins in 2005-06 to 16 wins in 2006-07.
Before coaching at Montana Tech, Holsinger served as the head assistant coach at The Master’s College in Santa Clarita, Calif., from 1999-2005. During his tenure, the Mustangs posted a record of 132-58 and were a perennial top 10 nationally-ranked team. The squad also made four NAIA national tournament appearances.
Holsinger graduated from Federal Way High in Federal Way, Wash., in 1994. During his college career, he played his freshman season at Pacific from 1994-95, before transferring to Western Washington to complete his bachelor’s of science degree in biology.
Holsinger is married to Stacey, and the couple have two girls, Brooklyn and Quinn, and one son, Kellen.
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