Devin Holiday spent one season as a defensive analyst at Illinois in 2019. He came to Champaign-Urbana from Division III Ohio Wesleyan, where he was the cornerbacks coach.

A 2017 graduate of Arizona, Holiday spent the 2017 season as the defensive backs coach at Mission Hills (Calif.) High School. Holiday was a four-year letterwinner for the Wildcats, playing in 38 games during his Arizona career and helping the team win a Pac-12 South Division title as well as play in three bowl games (Advocare V100 Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, New Mexico Bowl).

Holiday majored in in general studies with an emphasis in social, behavioral, and human understanding at Arizona. He is a native of San Diego.