Lady Griz Head Coach Brian Holsinger Steps Down

[UPDATE: 2/10 at 12:53 pm]

NBC Montana's Alex Hoffman tweeted the agreement between Holsinger and Haslam and the details.

[ORIGINAL: 2/10 at 10:21 am]
A month ago, Montana Lady Griz Head Coach Brian Holsinger stepped away on a "personal leave."

We received an email this morning, Monday, February 10th, stating Holsinger has officially resigned as Lady Griz head coach.

Brian Holsinger resigned today as head coach of the University of Montana women's basketball program. Nate Harris will continue to lead the team as interim head coach through the reaminder of this season, after which a search will be conducted for a permanent head coach - University of Montana Associate Athletic Director of Marketing & Communications Nic Hallisey

Credit: University of Montana Athletics

No official word has been released by University leaders on why Holsinger stepped away in the first place.

In his 4th season, Holsinger accumulated a 66-50 record as technically the last 6 games with Acting Head Coach Nate Harris falling under Holsinger's overall record.

Last season, Holsinger led the Lady Griz to their most wins (23) without legendary coach Robin Selvig. The Lady Griz also made their first postseason tournament appearance since Selvig retired. Montana went 1-1 in the WNIT after capturing their first Big Sky Conference Tournament victory since the tourney moved to Boise in 2021.

This season, Montana mustered up a 5-3 record after Holsinger stepped down with their three losses coming against the Big Sky Conference's best teams in Idaho, Montana State and Northern Arizona.

The Lady Griz return to action this Thursday evening at Idaho State and Saturday afternoon at Weber State.