E-mail Coach Holliday (gnh6@cornell.edu)
Recruiting Areas: Washington D.C., Florida, Georgia, Maryland, South Carolina, VirginiaGuy Holliday enters his first year as an assistant coach at Cornell and will take over working with wide receivers under Jim Knowles. He comes to Ithaca from Mississippi State where he served as wide receivers coach for four seasons.
Under his watch, Holliday’s receivers played a key part in the Bulldogs’ 2003 campaign, hauling in 2,424 yards in the air, the fourth-best single-season receiving total in school history. He helped senior receiver Justin Jenkins caught 62 passes, tied with NFL All-Pro receiver Eric Moulds for fourth on the single-season list.
Prior to his time at Mississippi State, Holliday spent three years at Western Michigan as tight ends and receivers coach. Pass-catching tight end Mo Afariogun was a three-time all Mid-American Conference pick and caught 39 passes and five touchdowns as a senior for Holliday. He also helped lead the special teams, with his kickoff and punt return units ranked among the conference’s best. He was part of the 2000 team that went 9-3 and claimed the MAC Western Division title. That team won at Iowa and dropped a narrow 19-14 contest to Marshall in the MAC championship tilt.
Holliday served as offensive coordinator at Alabama State from 1995-99. He helped the Hornets become the No. 1 passing team in the Southwestern Athletic Conference during his time there. Prior to arriving at Alabama State, Holliday was the offensive coordinator at Tuskegee from 1992-94. Under Holliday’s direction, Tuskegee was the second highest scoring team in Division II in ‘92, averaging 38 points per game. The Pioneers ranked in the nation’s top 10 in passing offense during all four years. Holliday began his coaching career at Clark-Atlanta.
A 1987 graduate of Cheyney with a bachelor of arts degree, Holliday has had seven former players sign professional football contracts.
