Shaheen Holloway expected to take over at Seton Hall after Saint Peter's March Madness exit
According to sources, he recently took a pay cut, due to financial constraints at Saint Peter’s brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, and that came after he was making roughly $300,000 per season. Willard earned a base salary of $2.4 million this past season at Seton Hall, sources said. Top Saint Peter’s assistant Ryan Whalen, who came to the Jersey City school with Holloway from Seton Hall, could be his replacement there, sources believe.
Holloway would be a home run hire at Seton Hall. His star has risen significantly in recent weeks, as he led Saint Peter’s to the Elite Eight, and he was already a universally respected figure in New York City and New Jersey. The Peacocks became the first 15th seed to advance this far, and they have posted three straight winning seasons under Holloway’s leadership for the first time since 2004-06.
As a player at St. Patrick , he was an All-American, and helped Seton Hall reach the Sweet 16 in 2000, the last team from the New York area to advance to the second weekend of March Madness until Saint Peter’s this month. He helped Willard build Seton Hall into a winner before leaving four years ago. Willard has publicly campaigned for Holloway to replace him.
“If I’m not here next year, I’d love if Shaheen Holloway is here,” Willard said after Seton Hall first-round NCAA Tournament loss to TCU. “That would be the happiest thing that ever happened to me.”
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