The Holt Era is Complete

With the school year complete, Rocky Mount High School and the Rocky Mount community say goodbye to Coach B.W. Holt. The man who was responsible for bringing Rocky Mount’s football program back to dominance retired and he and wife Barbara, who was also a teacher at RM, are on their way back home to Tennessee.

After a run of six great years at the helm, in which the Gryphons went undefeated in the final year of the Big East 4-A, and reigned supreme in the four years of the NEW 6 3-A, Holt compiled a 71-12 record with four conference titles.

In thirty-nine years as a head coach, Holt compiled a career record of 321-112-2. His teams won 20 conference titles and earned 21 playoff appearances. He has had more than 60 players go one to play college football.

Holt was not only a great coach, but just as much so a person. He demanded that his players perform to the best of their abilities - on the field, in the weightroom, and in the classroom. He was not one for mediocrity, and he would let you know if he felt you were slacking off in any of the three aspects I just mentioned.

In the coming weeks I will have a special article on Holt. Check back in a few weeks.

Charles Alston has posted on the Gryphon Grapevine some of the possible candidates for the Rocky Mount job.

Whoever takes the reigns will have one of the state's all-time greats shoes to fill.

Thank you, Coach Holt, from all of us in the Rocky Mount family.


(photo - Rocky Mount ihigh.com)
After 39 years as a high school head coach, B.W. Holt has called it quits.