Bill Holowaty

William Holowaty

• School University of Connecticut

• Born in Little Falls, NY USA

Biographical Information

Bill Holowaty set a record for most wins by a NCAA Division III coach in New England.

Holowaty grew up in Mohawk, NY. He played basketball at the University of Connecticut. He then moved to Eastern Connecticut State University as an assistant basketball coach, a role he held for six years. Holowaty moved up to become the Athletic Director, a job he held for 15 years, while also becoming a professor in the School of Education.

Holowaty has served as head baseball coach of Eastern Connecticut for over 40 years, leading his team to 2 NAIA College World Series (1973, 1975) and 12 Division III College World Series (1982, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007). ECSU won Division III titles in 1982, 1990, 1998 and 2002.

In 2002, he was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame for winning over 1,000 games. By 2009, he was third all-time in wins in baseball in NCAA Division III. In April 2013 he was suspended by ECSU for the remainder of the season and postseason for "failure to follow directives from his supervisor, failure to follow financial procedures and failure to comply with an agreement between the university and Holowaty dated Feb. 7, 2013" [1]. He then retired the next day.

His sons Jared Holowaty and Jason Holowaty followed him into the baseball world. His daughter, Jennifer, followed him into the education world. He was 1,404-525-7 through 2013 when he retired as a head coach after 45 years at ECSU. He was inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2015.

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1969	Eastern Connecticut State College	11-5		NAIA District Tournaments
1970	Eastern Connecticut State College	18-4	14-2	NAIA District Tournaments
1971	Eastern Connecticut State College	19-5	10-0	NAIA District Tournaments
1972	Eastern Connecticut State College	23-3	7-0	NAIA District Tournaments / NAIA Area Tournaments
1973	Eastern Connecticut State College	31-8	7-1	NAIA District Tournaments / NAIA Area Tournaments / NAIA CWS
1974	Eastern Connecticut State College	33-7	5-1	NAIA District Tournaments / NAIA Area Tournaments
1975	Eastern Connecticut State College	36-12		NAIA District Tournaments / NAIA Area Tournaments / NAIA CWS
1976	Eastern Connecticut State College	30-18		Division III Regionals
1977	Eastern Connecticut State College	35-9		Division III Regionals
1978	Eastern Connecticut State College	36-11		Division III Regionals
1979	Eastern Connecticut State College	31-16		Division III Regionals
1980	Eastern Connecticut State College	28-15		Division III Regionals
1981	Eastern Connecticut State College	34-13		Division III Regionals
1982	Eastern Connecticut State College	38-6-1		Division III Regionals / Division III CWS
1983	Eastern Connecticut State College	32-16		Division III Regionals / Division III CWS
1984	Eastern Connecticut State University	31-10-1		Division III Regionals
1985	Eastern Connecticut State University	36-12		Division III Regionals
1986	Eastern Connecticut State University	34-11		Division III Regionals
1987	Eastern Connecticut State University	36-13		Division III Regionals / Division III CWS
1988	Eastern Connecticut State University	26-17		Division III Regionals
1989	Eastern Connecticut State University	24-17		Division III Regionals
1990	Eastern Connecticut State University	40-6		Division III Regionals / Division III CWS
1991	Eastern Connecticut State University	28-16		Division III Regionals
1992	Eastern Connecticut State University	27-11
1993	Eastern Connecticut State University	29-11-2		Division III Regionals / Division III CWS
1994	Eastern Connecticut State University	23-15		Division III Regionals
1995	Eastern Connecticut State University	28-12		Division III Regionals Division III CWS
1996	Eastern Connecticut State University	27-14		Division III Regionals
1997	Eastern Connecticut State University	31-13	13-1	LEC / Division III Regionals
1998	Eastern Connecticut State University	40-11	12-2	LEC / Division III Regionals Division III CWS
1999	Eastern Connecticut State University	26-15	12-2	LEC
2000	Eastern Connecticut State University	29-10	12-2	LEC
2001	Eastern Connecticut State University	38-13	12-2	LEC / Division III Regionals
2002	Eastern Connecticut State University	39-11-1	12-2	LEC / Division III Regionals / Division III CWS
2003	Eastern Connecticut State University	43-9	13-1	LEC / Division III Regionals / Division III CWS
2004	Eastern Connecticut State University	43-11	13-1	LEC / Division III Regionals / Division III CWS
2005	Eastern Connecticut State University	30-13	11-3	LEC
2006	Eastern Connecticut State University	36-20	8-6	LEC / Division III Regionals / Division III CWS
2007	Eastern Connecticut State University	38-12	14-0	LEC / Division III Regionals / Division III CWS
2008	Eastern Connecticut State University	32-15-1	11-3	LEC / Division III Regionals
2009	Eastern Connecticut State University	39-8	11-3	LEC / Division III Regionals
2010	Eastern Connecticut State University	31-15	10-4	LEC / Division III Regionals
2011	Eastern Connecticut State University	34-13	11-3	LEC / Division III Regionals
2012	Eastern Connecticut State University	29-13	8-6	LEC
2013	Eastern Connecticut State University	21-8-1	6-3	replaced by Michael Grant in April