Holt won three major domestic trophies with the club, the Scottish League Cup in 1979 and 1980 and the Premier Division title in 1983.
En route to that UEFA Cup final, Holt was man of the match in the victory against Barcelona at Camp Nou.
In the dressing room after the game he told teammate Jim McInally he was thinking of joining Forfar Athletic.
He returned to Dundee United in the mid-1990s and spent several years in many coaching roles, before leaving in 2003 when Ian McCall was appointed manager.
[3] After staving off the threat of relegation into the Highland League in a two-leg play-off against Brora Rangers, Holt and Hegarty were offered and accepted their positions on a permanent basis.