SHAWNEE – The Oklahoma Baptist football program has named Austin Holton defensive backs coach, head coach Chris Jensen announced on Monday.
Holton comes to Shawnee following a two-year stint at Sterling College in Kansas, serving as the defensive backs coach and special team coordinator. In 2021, he steered a secondary that produced 300-plus tackles and ranked fifth in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference in interceptions (13). In his special teams role, Holton's field-goal unit went 49-49 in extra points, which ranked first in the conference.
Holton produced four All-KCAC selections (2 Defensive, 2 Special Teams) and an AFCA-NAIA All-American in his 2021 campaign.
Prior to Sterling, Holton was the wide receivers coach at Alleghany College in 2019 and before then, a graduate assistant football coach at Olivet Nazarene. At ONU, Holton worked primarily with the corner backs and served as the junior varsity defensive coordinator, while also serving as the junior varsity defensive coordinator and strength & conditioning coach assistant.
At Olivet, he was a four-year varsity letter winner in both football and track & field for the Tigers, earning all-conference honors in track & field and ONU's Who's Who Award in 2016.
Holton graduated from ONU with both a Bachelor's in Sports, Fitness and Recreation in 2016 and his Masters of Business Administration in 2019.
Holton is a native of Nampa, Idaho and graduated from Nampa Christian High School. He and his wife Alyssa live in Shawnee.
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