Shaheen Holloway returns to coach Seton Hall, Peacocks there as well

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Having coach Shaheen Holloway get the head coaching job at Seton Hall wasn't a surprise at all.

The Pirates' career assists leader and star of the college coaching scene after taking Cinderella Saint Peter's to the Elite Eight, was the only person athletic director Bryan Felt considered after Kevin Willard left for the Maryland job 10 days ago.

If there was a surprise Thursday as Holloway was introduced in a tiny Walsh Gymnasium crowd of about 1,000 people, the 15 players from his uplifting Saint Peter's team were in the audience to applaud him.

"It says a lot about Shaheen," Felt said of the Peacocks being there to celebrate their former coach. "It says a lot about him. It says a lot. What he pours in, he gets back."

This marked the second time Felt has hired Holloway. He was the Saint Peter's athletic director when Holloway was hired in 2018. Felt took the Seton Hall job in 2019 and hired Holloway again on Wednesday.

The Peacocks of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference became the first No. 15 seed to reach the Elite Eight. Their run to the Final Four was stopped on Sunday in a 69-49 loss to North Carolina.

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Kevin Marino, chair of the Seton Hall University Board of Regents, from left, Seton Hall President Joseph E. Nyre, new men's basketball coach Shaheen Holloway and SHU Athletic Director Bryan Felt, attend the introductory news conference for Holloway at Walsh Gym on Thursday, March 31, 2022, in South Orange, N.J. (Andrew Mills/NJ Advance Media via AP)

"I wouldn’t be up here if it wasn’t for those 15 young men," Holloway said shortly after being introduced. It was a remark that sparked