Sterling Holmes enters his sixth season as Trinity's Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach for the 2025-26 season.
During the 2023-24 season, the Tiger Men’s Basketball program excelled, winning 15 consecutive games to start the season and finishing with a 23-4 record, including 14-2 in SCAC play. The team secured the SCAC Regular Season Championship and made their 12th NCAA playoff appearance. Trinity ranked 11th nationally in steals per game (10.3) and 9th in turnovers forced per game (18.22). The Tigers’ impressive performance earned them several awards: Freshman Christian Green was named D3hoops.com National and Regional Rookie of the Year, First-Team All-Region, All-SCAC, and SCAC Freshman of the Year. Additionally, three other Tigers received All-Conference honors.
Coach Holmes served as the assistant men’s basketball coach during the 2021 spring season. Coach Holmes helped lead the Tigers to a 10-2 (8-1 SCAC) record. Coach Holmes was a part of the culture change that saw the Tigers post their first winning season since 2016-17 and their first Southern Collegiate Athletics Conference Championship appearance since 2013-14.
In the 2018-19 season, Holmes served as a volunteer Men's Basketball Assistant Coach under the direction of longtime Head Coach, Pat Cunningham. Last season, the Tigers went 10-16 overall and 8-10 in conference play. The team made it to the SCAC Tournament, but were eliminated by Schreiner (TX) University in the first round.
Prior to coming to campus, he served on the National Basketball Association Dallas Mavericks staff under Head Coach Rick Carlisle as a player development intern during the 2018-19 season. Coach Holmes also was an assistant coach at his alma mater, Texas Lutheran University, during the 2017-18 campaign.
As a member of the Texas Lutheran men’s basketball team - which won three Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Championships from 2015-2017 - Coach Holmes became a decorated player. The talented guard was elected the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) 2016 Player of the Year. He also was a National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Second Team All-American and was tabbed for the D-III News Honorable Mention All-America Team.
In his senior season of 2016-17, Coach Holmes received NABC All-South Region Second Team accolades and was selected to play in the NABC Reese’s Division III College All-Star Game. He also was named to the D3hoops.com All-South Region Second Team.
Coach Holmes earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas Lutheran in sport management. He hails from San Antonio and attended Antonian College Preparatory High School.
