Holloway Named NABC Mid-Atlantic Co-Coach of the Year, Clark Named to FIrst Team
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Seton Hall men's basketball head coach Shaheen Holloway has been named Mid-Atlantic District Co-Coach of the Year and junior guard Budd Cl...
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Seton Hall men's basketball head coach
Shaheen Holloway has been named Mid-Atlantic District Co-Coach of the Year and junior guard Budd Clark has been named First Team All-District by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).
Holloway, who was unanimously named BIG EAST Coach of the Year last week, shared the NABC honor with Steve Donahue (Saint Joseph's) and James Jones (Yale). The fourth-year coach of the Pirates engineered the greatest turnaround in program history, and the second-best win improvement of any team in the nation this season. After a seven-win campaign in 2024-25, the Pirates accumulated 21 victories this season, and finished in the top-five in the BIG EAST for the ninth time in the last 11 seasons. Holloway's Pirates were picked to finish last in the conference before the season, however his team jolted out to a 14-2 start for the first time since 2017-18 and eventually reached the program's first BIG EAST Tournament Semifinals since 2021.
Clark quickly emerged as one of the top point guards in the BIG EAST after transferring in from Merrimack prior to the season. The All-BIG EAST Second Team and All-BIG EAST Defensive Team selection was the general for this Seton Hall team, leading the squad with 12.7 ppg and 4.9 apg. This season, Clark became the first Pirate to average at least 4.0 assists and 2.0 steals in their first season with the program since Holloway did so in his freshman season of 1996-97.
Mid Atlantic District
First Team
Solo Ball, Connecticut
Duke Brennan, Villanova
Rafael Castro, George Washington
Adam Clark, Seton Hall
Silas Demary Jr., Connecticut
Alex Karaban, Connecticut
Acaden Lewis, Villanova
Tyler Perkins, Villanova
Tarris Reed Jr., Connecticut
Nick Townsend, Yale
Second Team
Tyler Cochran, Rhode Island
Derrian Ford, Temple
Tariq Francis, Rutgers
Tarence Guinyard, Duquesne
KJ Lewis, Georgetown
Braylon Mullins, Connecticut
Jaylin Sellers, Providence
Derek Simpson, Saint Joseph’s
Darin Smith Jr., Central Conn. State
Nasir Whitlock, Lehigh
Co-Coaches of the Year: Steve Donahue, Saint Joseph’s; Shaheen Holloway, Seton Hall; James Jones, Yale