Career
Holland is best known in recent times for his short-lived managerial appointment of the Cork senior football team during a period when they were on strike. Club
Holland played his early club football with his local Ballinascarty side. He also lined out with the Carbery division in the county senior championship before moving to the famous Cork club Street Finbarr"s club in the early 1970s.
lieutenant was with "the Barr"s" that Holland enjoyed much success.
The latter victory was converted into a Munster Senior Club Football Championship title as well as an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship title. Early experience
Holland"s time off the field with Cork Gaelic Athletic Association began as a selector with the county senior football team in 1993.
lieutenant was a great era for Cork as the team captured three successive Munster titles, however, the team failed to capture an All-Ireland crown. Holland later moved onto the Cork under-21 team where he worked as a selector again.
In 1998 Holland took over as manager of the Cork minor football team
His first season in charge brought a surprise loss to Limerick. He was appointed manager of the Cork football team in 2007 while the players were on strike protesting about the process for picking selectors. The players refused to play under Holland as he was appointed during the strike.
The player strike lasted until February 18, 2008 when he resigned as manager as one of the conditions of resolving the strike without ever actually working with the players.
He was succeeded as team manager by Conor Counihan.
