Assumption High School is pleased to announce the hiring of alum Chad Hollmer ’04 as Head Boys Soccer Coach for the 2023 season. Hollmer, also in his third season as the Head Men’s Soccer Coach at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, will take over a Knights program that went 16-5 last season and won the 2022 Iowa Class 1A State Tournament Championship.
A native of Davenport, Hollmer graduated from Assumption in 2004 and was a member of the 2002 and 2003 Iowa Class 1A State Championship boys soccer teams. As an undergraduate at Mount Mercy, he was a two-year team captain for the Mustangs, and was a Champion of Character and Student Leadership Award recipient.
Hollmer began his coaching career as a graduate assistant with the SAU women’s soccer team in 2009 and 2010. From there he worked as an assistant coach at Mount Mercy in 2012, while also serving as the head girls soccer coach at Cedar Rapids Washington High School.
He moved on to become the head men’s soccer coach at Clarke University for three years from 2016-18, and returned to St. Ambrose in the fall of 2019 as an assistant coach with both the SAU men’s and women’s programs that season. Hollmer was named the head men’s soccer coach at St. Ambrose in December 2019.
He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing and Business Administration from Mount Mercy, and a Master’s of Business Administration from St. Ambrose.
The defending State Champion Knights Boys Soccer program will begin practice on March 13.