Florida track and field program brings Holland Sherrer back to coaching staff

The Florida track and field program announced on Tuesday the addition of former Gators coach Holland Sherrer to lead sprints and hurdles events. He brings a Southeastern Conference pedigree as both a coach and athlete, as well as a history of developing some of the top athletes in the sport’s recent history.

“We are very excited to welcome Holland Sherrer back to the Gator Track and Field family,” head coach Mike Holloway offered.

“Holland comes to us after some impressive seasons at the University of Mississippi. I am excited for Holland to work here again after he served us as a Volunteer Assistant a few years ago. He understands the standard that we fight to uphold in this program every day.”

Sherrer had previously assisted the Gators during the men’s 2017 outdoor and 2018 indoor national championships. Most recently, he spent four seasons as an assistant coach with his alma mater, the Ole Miss Rebels, coaching sprints and hurdles.

The returning Gators coach is a 2016 graduate of Ole Miss with a bachelor’s in social work, where he was a three-year letterwinner and competed his final season under Connie Price-Smith in her first at the helm.

In his time as a Rebel, he was a two-time NCAA Championships qualifier and three-time NCAA East Region qualifier, earning Second-Team All-American status outdoors in 2016 (12th place) and an honorable mention nod in 2015 (24th).

His 800-meter personal record of 1:47.34 earned him a trip to the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials, where he finished 27th in the nation. Sherrer was also a 2015 qualifier for the USATF Outdoor Championships.

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