Holmes enters his first season as assistant men’s basketball coach. He brings a wealth of knowledge to Newbury after being in the coaching profession for the past six years. Holmes comes to Newbury after previous stints at Ben Franklin Institute of Technology in Boston as well as Framingham State College. 

Originallyfrom Prince George’s County in Maryland, Holmes is a 1998 graduate of the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth and was a member of the 92-93 UMass Dartmouth men’s basketball team that went to the NCAA Division III Final Four National Championship in Buffalo, NY. In the following year of 94-95, he was a member of the team that went to the NCAA Division III Sweet Sixteen Tournament in Franklin, PA. He has nine years of teaching experience, which began at Potomac High School in Oxon Hill, Maryland.

Away from the basketball court, Holmes is working as a special education teacher in the Boston Public School System and completed his Master’s degree  in Special Education at Cambridge College in Cambridge, Mass. His duties will include assisting with recruiting, player skill development and fund raising.