Currently the head coach of the Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team, he was hired to this position prior to the 2013 season.
Before becoming head coach of the Cowboys, Holliday played college baseball for OSU while attending as a student.
[5] In 1999 with the Class A short-season St. Catharines Stompers, Holliday produced a .902 on-base plus slugging (OPS) in 71 games.
He batted .255, but managed to score 50 runs due in part to drawing 63 walks for a .439 on-base percentage.
The next season with the Class A Hagerstown Suns, his batting average slipped to .220 in 74 games, but his 52 BB placed his OBP at .381 and he scored 46 runs.
During his tenure, the Sun Devils signed the nation's top recruiting class and appeared in the 2009 College World Series.
[2] On June 8, 2012, Holliday was named head coach of the Oklahoma State Cowboys, returning to his childhood home to lead the program for which he played.
Conference tournament champion Holliday's father was an assistant coach at Oklahoma State while Josh grew up and while he played at Oklahoma State, and the elder Holliday later served as head coach while Josh was an assistant.