Clay Holmes Elevated to Director of Basketball Operations

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - - Belmont University men's basketball head coach Evan Bradds announced Friday the promotion of Clay Holmes to the role of director of basketball operations within the Bruin program.
 
Holmes spent the previous two seasons as a graduate assistant at Belmont for Casey Alexander.
 
"We are pleased to announce Clay Holmes will remain on staff as our director of basketball operations," Bradds said. "Clay has demonstrated his commitment to Belmont over the past two years as a graduate assistant. His passion for the game and his existing relationships with our players are valuable."

While serving as primary point of contact for team travel, nutrition, operations, and technology integration, Holmes will maintain his program support in areas of practice plan execution, video breakdown through Synergy Sports, player development, game preparation and a variety of other coaching staff needs.
 
A native of Brentwood, Tennessee, Holmes was a three-year letterwinner on the Samford men's basketball team.
 
The guard was high school teammates with Darius Garland and Tyler Tanner.
 
Holmes earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from Samford in 2024 and is completing course work towards his Belmont MBA.

Belmont University men's basketball has been a postseason fixture for the last two decades, including nine berths to the NCAA Tournament. The Bruins have won 21 conference championships since 2006 - third-most nationally over that span (behind Gonzaga and Kansas). Belmont has won 20 or more games in 16 consecutive seasons (alongside Gonzaga and Kansas) and 19 or more games in 21 consecutive seasons (alongside Gonzaga, Kansas, and San Diego State). Belmont is among select programs with two or more first-round selections in the NBA Draft over the last six years (Ben Sheppard, Dylan Windler). Belmont University men's basketball boasts an NCAA-leading 19 Academic All-America selections since 2001 and is the only NCAA Division I program to make the NCAA Academic Progress Rate (APR) Honor Roll every year of its existence. Belmont is the only NCAA Division I institution in America whose men's and women's basketball programs have won 20 or more games in 11 consecutive seasons.
 
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