Former Cardinals Superstar Wants To Become MLB Manager In Near Future

The seven-time All-Star could be useful in the dugout

Scott Neville | Sep 11, 2023

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The St. Louis Cardinals lost a well-known member of their coaching staff prior to the season but the young coach is not ready to hang up the uniform just yet.

"While former All-Star outfielder Matt Holliday changed his mind this spring and told the St. Lous Cardinals he no longer wanted to be their bench coach, he is now telling friends that he is interested in becoming a major-league manager in the next few years," USA Today's Bob Nightengale wrote Sunday.

Holliday's run as bench coach for St. Louis lasted just months, as he stepped down for family reasons prior to the season's start.

However, he was a volunteer coach for Oklahoma State and has a strong résumé of coaching his own family tree.

Jackson Holliday -- his son, is the No. 1 prospect in Major League Baseball and appears to be a generational talent. The 19-year-old already has reached Triple-A after tearing through multiple levels this season.

Jackson's younger brother Ethan is in the class of 2025 and many deem him the best player in the family. If Holliday can get the most out of his own lineage, he should be able to aid others who also have the physical tools to be productive big leaguers.

If Holliday were to work himself into the big leagues, we could soon see him follow in Coach Prime's footsteps -- Deion Sanders coaches two of his sons for the Colorado Buffaloes -- a Div. 1 football program that is off to a hot start.

While his sons' success adds to Holliday's allure, he was a fantastic player in his own right. The 15-year veteran hit .299 with 816 extra-base hits including 316 home runs, 1220 RBIs and a .889 OPS (132 OPS+) in 1903 games. The seven-time All-Star won four Silver Sluggers, a batting title and was a big part of the Cardinals 2011 World Series Championship.

It'll be interesting to follow his journey over the next few seasons. If Oli Marmol produces similar results next season, we could see Holliday back in a Cardinals uniform.

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Published Sep 11, 2023

SCOTT NEVILLE

Scott Neville covers the St. Louis Cardinals for FanNation's "Inside The Cardinals" on Sports Illustrated. Before starting "Inside The Cardinals", Neville attended Merrimack College, where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Media with a minor in Marketing. Neville spent all four years with Merrimack's radio station WMCK, where he grew as a radio/podcast host and producer. His propensity for being in front of a microphone eventually expanded to film, where he produced multiple short films alongside his then-roommate and current co-worker Stephen Mottram. On a journey that began as a way to receive easy credits via film classes, he received a call from "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia" star Charlie Day. Day advised him to make a feature-length film, which he completed his senior year. While writing the film, Neville completed an internship for United Way as part of their NFL Partnership Program. Neville ran the blog for a team of interns and hosted an internet show called "United Way's NFL Partnership Series" where he interviewed NFL alumni. After college Neville wrote for SB Nation's "Over The Monster," a Red Sox sister site of the flagship brand. His work would eventually lead him to a job as a content producer with NESN, where he would cover all sports. After developing as a writer with the top regional network in the world, he was given the opportunity to join FanNation and the Sports Illustrated Media Group as the publisher of "Inside The Red Sox." After a few months as the top Major League Baseball site in the program, Neville sought expansion and pitched "Inside The Cardinals," one of the newest additions to FanNation and the Sports Illustrated Media Group. The successful launch and quick rise of "Inside The Cardinals" led to Neville joining the Baseball Essential ownership group, a national baseball site under SIMG. Follow him on Twitter: @ScottNeville46 Email: nevilles@merrimack.edu