Tom Holmoe was named Director of Athletics at Brigham Young University on March 1, 2005. He oversees a nationally recognized program with 21 intercollegiate sports, involving more than 600 student-athletes and a 150-person staff.
Since Holmoe's appointment, BYU has captured 30 Mountain West Conference championships, and more than 100 student-athletes have earned All-America status. Over the past two seasons, both the football and men's basketball teams have enjoyed tremendous success. The football team captured back-to-back conference titles while recording a perfect 16-0 record in MWC play. The basketball team also won back-to-back MWC titles and currently holds the nation's longest home winning streak at 47 games.
A former Cougar defensive back from 1978-82, Holmoe returned to BYU in July 2001 as Associate Athletics Director for Development. As part of his responsibilities, he supervised the Cougar Club, served as the department's liaison with the LDS Foundation, served on the BYU Alumni Association Board of Directors and worked on the capital campaign to raise funds for the University's new athletic facilities. Holmoe currently serves on the BCS Athletics Directors Advisory Committee.
A native of La Crescenta, Calif., Holmoe came to BYU on a football scholarship in 1978. He became a starter as a sophomore in 1980 and led the Western Athletic Conference with seven interceptions. Holmoe went on to earn first-team All-WAC honors as a senior in 1982, and was selected in the fourth round of the 1983 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers. Over a seven-year NFL career, Holmoe played on three Super Bowl champions with the 49ers in 1984, 1988 and 1989.
After retiring from professional football, Holmoe entered the coaching ranks, returning to BYU to serve as a graduate assistant under LaVell Edwards from 1990-91. Holmoe then accepted an offer from Bill Walsh to become the Stanford secondary coach in 1992, where he remained for two seasons. In 1994, he returned to the 49ers as defensive backfield coach for two seasons, where he earned a fourth Super Bowl ring in 1994. Two years later Holmoe joined the University of California staff as defensive coordinator and later became the head coach of the Golden Bears from 1997-2001.
Holmoe graduated from BYU with a degree in zoology in 1983 and received a master's degree from BYU in athletic administration in 1995. He and his wife, Lori, have four children: Shannon Packard (24), Danny (22), Erik (20), and Lauren (14).
