Rob Holloway has joined head coach Jay Spoonhour’s men’s basketball staff at Eastern Illinois as an assistant coach. He spent the 2015-16 season as an assistant coach for Bob Sundvold at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Prior to his one season at UMSL, Holloway spent three years as the head coach at Kennedy-King College in Chicago.  During his tenure the team posted a 48-46 record and had six All-Region performers including 2015 NJCAA All-Region 4 selection Dewan White.  White also earned the NJCAA Superior Academic Achievement Award in 2015 afer recording a GPA between 3.8 and 3.99.

Holloway was also on the coaching staff for a pair of NJCAA Region 4 runner-up squads in 2009 and 2012 at Kennedy-King College.

He is a graduate of Eastern Illinois University and worked in private business for several years before embarking on a career as a basketball coach.