Holthaus named Region I West District Coach of the Year

Pima Community College women's basketball coach Todd Holthaus earned accolades for leading the Aztecs to its sixth NJCAA Region I, Division II championship.

• Holthaus was named NJCAA Region I West District Coach of the Year for the sixth time (2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2019).
• "This season will go down as one of my most memorable for many reasons. However, the thing that's most satisfying was the efforts of the group as a whole," Holthaus said. "We had a lot of unknowns in terms of personnel. One starter, a couple with limited playing time, and a big group of untested freshmen. The coaches did an amazing job preparing them and game-by-game they got better."
•  The Aztecs came into the 2019-20 season without NJCAA All-Americans Jacqulynn Nakai (Coconino HS) and Shauna Bribiescas (Dobson HS), who went on to play at the four-year university level.
• "We took our lumps along the way, but by the time it was all said and done, the ladies had amassed an incredible record (25-7 overall), only one loss to a Division II team (at Mesa Community College on Jan. 4), won their last nine in-a-row and beat Mesa at Mesa for the Region I, Division II championship (a first in the long rivalry).
• "The only unfinished business was the trip to Nationals, where I believe we had a real chance to make a run. I couldn't be prouder of the players or the coaches. It was a great season to be an AZTEC."
• Holthaus has a record of 292-136 in his 13 years at Pima. He has accumulated 459 wins overall in his coaching career.
• The Aztecs finished with a record of 14-3 at the West Campus Aztec Gymnasium this season. Since the 2015-16 season, the Aztecs have a home record of 63-14.

This was the ninth time in Holthaus' 13 seasons with the program that they have earned 20 or more wins in a season. It is also the fifth straight season that his teams have won 15 games or more in ACCAC conference play.