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 Florida Atlantic Owls football team The 2004 Florida Atlantic University Owls football team represented Florida Atlantic University in the 2004 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Howard Schnellenberger and played their home games at Lockhart Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Owls entered the season as a program in transition from Division I-AA to Division I-A for the first year. As per NCAA rule, programs moving up from I-AA to I-A must spend two seasons in transition, thus not being eligible for a postseason bowl berth nor a conference championship.