{{short description|American basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Jerry Holman | image = | alt = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1979|12|18}} | birth_place = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 10 | weight_lb = 222 | high_school = Humboldt<br>(Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.) | college = *MCTC (1999–2001) *Minnesota (2001–2003) | career_start = | career_position = Forward / center | years1 = 2004 | team1 = Union B La palma | years2 = 2004–2005 | team2 = Pınar Karşıyaka | years3 = 2006–2007 | team3 = Galatasaray Café Crown | highlights = }} '''Jerry Holman''' (born December 18, 1979) is an American former basketball center. On the international level, he represented the United States national team.
==College career== Aftur graduating from Humboldt Senior High School, Holman played collegiately at the Minneapolis Community and Technical College and the University of Minnesota,<ref>{{cite news |author1=Michael Rand |title=Holman is latest MCTC success |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-tribune-holman-is-latest-mctc-succe/182695841/ |access-date=10 October 2025 |work=Star Tribune |date=12 December 2000 |page=C2|via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}}</ref> graduating in 2003.
==Professional career== Holman started his professional career in the United States with the Kansas City Knights and Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs. He signed with the Los Angeles Clippers in September 2004 but was waived before the start of the season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jerry Holman Player Profile, Minnesota - RealGM |url=https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Jerry-Holman/Summary/2126 |access-date=2025-10-10 |website=basketball.realgm.com |language=en}}</ref> He then joined Union B La palma in Spain before signing with Pınar Karşıyaka in Turkey for the rest of the 2004–05 season. He returned to Turkey for the 2006–07 season, playing with Galatasaray Café Crown.<ref>[http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=55925 Turkish Basketball League kicks off] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194724/http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=55925 |date=2016-03-03 }}. Turkish Daily News, October 6, 2006. Access Date September 6, 2008.</ref>
==National team career== Holman represented the United States national team at the 2001 Tournament of the Americas<ref>{{cite news |author1=Brian Hamilton |title=Gophers see big things in Holman |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/post-bulletin-gophers-see-big-things-in/182695873/ |access-date=10 October 2025 |work=Post-Bulletin |agency=Knight Ridder Newspapers |date=22 October 2001 |page=8C|via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}}</ref> where he averaged 11.8 points per game.<ref>{{cite web |title=# 8 Delonte Jermaine Holland |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/history/184-fiba-americup/2095/players/149045-delonte-jermaine-holland |publisher=FIBA.com |access-date=10 October 2025}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.basketpedya.com/Acc002InfJug.php?idjug=31810&idioma=3 Professional profile]{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} *[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/jerry-holman-1.html NCAA college statistics] at Sports Reference
{{DEFAULTSORT:Holman, Jerry}} Category:1979 births Category:Living people Category:Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball players Category:Centers (basketball) Category:Karşıyaka basketball players Category:Galatasaray S.K. (men's basketball) players Category:American men's basketball players