Hall of Fame

Holmes HOF

Deb Holmes

  • Class
  • Induction
    2022
  • Sport(s)
    Women's Basketball Coach, Women's Tennis Coach

DEB HOLMES, Lycoming College
1976-2009 / Women’s Basketball & Tennis Coach

Deb Holmes was the heart and soul of the Lycoming College women’s tennis team for 34 seasons. For her career, she accumulated a school record of 137 wins and led the team to 10 consecutive winning seasons from 1993-2002 and eight MAC Championship appearances with four regular season titles in 1981, 1997, 1998 and 2000. 

Holmes also coached the 1999 MAC Individual Champion Cricket Temple. Her impact was larger than on the tennis courts as she also served as the head of the physical education department and the school’s first women’s basketball coach. Coaching basketball from 1978-85, she helped the team to its first winning season (10-9) in 1981-82. 

Holmes was inducted into the Lycoming Hall of Fame in 2011.