This article is about the television personality. For the football coach, see Dave Holmes (football coach).
Dave Holmes (born March 14, 1971 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a television personality who gained national attention as the runner-up on MTV's first Wanna Be a VJ contest in 1998. From the beginning, he distinguished himself from other candidates with an encyclopedic knowledge of music trivia.
Despite his loss to Jesse Camp, MTV hired Holmes to conduct celebrity interviews. He went on to host several other MTV shows, including 120 Minutes, a Real World reunion special, and the popular Say What? Karaoke until 2001. Ironically, his MTV career lasted about two years longer than Camp's.
Post-MTV, Holmes co-hosts Court TV's Saturday Night Solution programming block, and FX's DVD on TV. In 2005 he hosted the CBS summer series Fire Me...Please. Holmes has also appeared on VH1's Best Week Ever and Super Secret Movie Rules; Comedy Central's Reno 911!; the Hughleys; and appeared as a reporter in the 2005 film Fantastic Four.
He currently resides in Los Angeles.
On July 7, 2007, he co-hosted Bravo's coverage of the Live Earth Concerts with Karen Duffy.
Dave Holmes was American football college head coach at Eastern Washington State College (now Eastern Washington University) from 1963 to 1967. His record at EWSC was 34-13-1. He then went on to the University of Hawaii (1968-74), where he still holds the record for highest career winning percentage (.718). Under Coach Holmes, the University of Hawaii never had a losing season. Coach Holmes is a graduate of Tonasket High School and Whitworth College in Spokane. Coach Holmes began and ended his head coaching career as a high school coach in Spokane. Prior to his tenure at EWSC, he was the head coach atNorth Central High School, where he compiled a 35-28-4 record. Coach Holmes finished his coaching career at University High School. His record at University was 60-38-3 from 1974 to 1984. His career prep record was 95-66-7.
Was first runner-up in MTV's first Wanna Be a VJ contest, held in 1998.
Has two older brothers, Steve and Dan.
