Which first-year college football head coach, led the 2004 Idaho Vandals football team, during the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season?
Nick Holt Nicholas Holt V (born October 15, 1962) is a college football coach, currently the co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for the Purdue Boilermakers. Prior to taking the defensive coordinator position at Western Kentucky in 2013, he was the defensive coordinator and assistant head coach of the Washington Huskies for three seasons. Previously, Holt was the defensive coordinator and defensive line coach of the USC Trojans, and the head coach of the Idaho Vandals from 2004–05.
2004 James Madison Dukes football team The 2004 James Madison Dukes football team represented James Madison University in the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season, and completed the 32nd season of Dukes football. They were led by head coach Mickey Matthews and played their home games at Bridgeforth Stadium in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The 2004 team came off of a 6–6 record the previous season. JMU finished the season 13–2 with a record of 7–1 in Atlantic 10 Conference play en route to the program's first NCAA Division I-AA national championship.