Ricklan Holmes is currently the head coach at John Tyler High School. Played for JT’s all-time winningest coach, Allen Wilson, in high school and for LSU’s national-championship wining coach Les Miles while at OSU. Holmes starred on both sides of the football for two state championship contenders at JT, the 1996 quarterfinalists and 1997 state semifinalists. He spent a part of two seasons with the New England Patriots, and coached St. Louis Rams quarterback and former Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford, a converted safety, during his first coaching job at Class 6A Putnam City. During his brief coaching career, Holmes helped coach two NFL products, including JT graduate Jeremy Lane, and 15 more players to the NCAA Division I and II ranks. JT spent the first nine weeks ranked No. 1 in Class 5A during Holmes’ senior year. Father to two kids, son Ricklan Holmes II (4) and daughter Aanunique Holmes (10); son of Robert Miller and Carolyn Holmes, and grandson of Maudrie Jones.