Men's Basketball

Biola University

13800 Biola Avenue - La Mirada, CA - 90639
Team Office: Tel: (562) 906-4522 Fax: (562) 777-4060
Team website: athletics.biola.edu/

Biola University (formerly the Bible Institute of Los Angeles) was founded in 1908 and now offers over 30 Bachelor degree programs and a dozen Master's. PhDs are offered in four areas. Biola is an evangelical christian institution but is not affiliated with any one denomination. Majors offered include Radio and Television, Physical Education Teaching and Coaching, International Relations, Theatre Arts, and Chiropractic. Sixty percent (60%) of those enrolled are women. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Biola in the third tier among national institutions.

The 95 acre campus is located in La Mirada (pop. 40k), a suburban residential community about 22 miles from downtown Los Angeles, 11 miles from Disneyland.

School website
www.biola.edu

College Profile

Type:

Private, Co-educational

Religious Affiliation:

Yes. Christian Interdenominational

Enrollment:

4100

Getting In:

Moderately difficult. SAT 25/75: 990-1240

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$31,000
Out-of-State: Same

Most Popular Majors

Business - Theology - Communications

Misc. Information

Head coach Dave Holmquist completed his 27th season at Biola in 2007-08. At the age of 24, Dave Holmquist was the youngest coach in NAIA history when he broke into the college coaching ranks. Twenty six years later at the age of 50, Holmquist became the youngest coach - at any level - to win 600 games - faster than Dean Smith, John Wooden or Bobby Knight. During his 27 seasons at Biola, Holmquist has coached the Eagles to 14 post season appearances while averaging an incredible 26 wins per season! Prior to his arrival in 1978-79, Biola had never won a District III title, nor had Biola ever won more than 25 games. Holmquist has won 20 games or more in 22 of his 27 seasons at Biola. Holmquist, who has made Biola a perrenial national power, got his first head coaching position at Fresno Pacific. Besides being an astute basketball coach, Holmquist has five Masters degrees and a PhD in Physical Education. In 2007-08, Biola posted 17-14 mark.

Team Name	Eagles
Colors	Red and White
Division	NAIA I
All-Time Record	945-522 (.644)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	17-14	15-16	19-12	126-41 (.754)
Conference	9-11	9-11	11-9	68-30 (.693)
Conf. Finish	5	5	5	2, 3, 5, 1, 2
Post Appear.	n/a	n/a	n/a	NAIA 4x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	NR	3x

Coaches

Head Coach	Dave Holmquist
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Biola	1978-79
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	737-278 (.726)
Record at Biola	701-235 (.749)
Coaching Awards	NAIA Hall of Fame (02), NAIA District III COTY 4x,

Asst. Coaches	BJ Foster, Don Johnson, Don Vanden Berge, Mike Liskey

Recruiting Coordinator

Dave Holmquist, (562) 906-4522, terri.pixler@biola.edu

Conference and Schedule

Biola plays in the Golden State Athletic Conference (www.gsacsports.org) which is comprised of 11 church-related institutions, all in Southern California. League play can start in late November or early December though non-league games are mixed in until January. More often than not, the 20 conference games are played on Tuesday and Saturday evenings and are piggybacked with the women. Biola plays each team twice, home and away. The farthest away game is at Westmont (Santa Barbara) some 120 miles from La Mirada. The conference winner gets an automatic NAIA bid as does the winner of the eight-team GSAC tourney.

Conference Opponents

Westmont, Vanguard, The Master's, Point Loma Nazarene, Fresno Pacific, Hope International, Christian Heritage, Concordia, Azusa Pacific, and Cal Baptist.

Facilities

Chase Gym
Capacity 2,300. Average attendance: 500

Style/Stats

In 2005-06, Biola was ranked #9 in defense, limiting opponents to 65 ppg. In 2006-07, they were ranked #11 at 65.7.