Holly Harris

Biography

A former Shocker standout, Harris enters her second season as head coach in 2025-26. The first head coach of the Wichita State bowling program after the transition to NCAA Division I, Harris led the Shockers to a banner season in 2024-25. She was named both CUSA Coach of the Year and NTCA National Coach of the Year after Wichita State reached the Final Four in their inaugural NCAA campaign. The Shockers finished 87-38, with three regular season tournament wins (Mid-States Championship, Columbia 300 Saints Invite, Mid-Winter Invitational) a CUSA tournament championship and a Lansing Regional championship. Four Shockers were named All-Americans under Harris's tutelage: Sara Duque Jiménez, Ashtyn Woods, Mary Orf, and Paige Wagner. Harris served as head coach of the club program since June of 2019 and led the team to national championships in 2021 and 2024, a runner-up appearance in 2022 and a third-place finish in 2023. She is a four-time National Collegiate Bowling Coaches Association Coach of the Year finalist. Before becoming head coach, Harris served as assistant coach of the program from August of 2016-June of 2019 and helped lead the team to a third-place finish at the 2017 National Tournament and a ninth-place finish in 2018. Harris competed for the Shockers as a four-year member of the bowling team from 2010-14. She competed three times at collegiate national championships and finished in the final four two times. She was a two-time NCBCA All-American, two-time member of