Coaches & Staff
Coach Holder is in his 7th year as Head Coach at Prosper High School and his 28th year in education. A native of Thorndale, TX, Coach Holder graduated from Thorndale High School where he participated in five sports and was an all-state football, and baseball player, winning a state championship! After high school, he attended Blinn Junior College in 1993, lettering in football and baseball. After one year at Blinn, Coach Holder transferred to Texas A&M University to pursue his education and coaching career. He graduated from A&M in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and minoring in English. After three years as an assistant at Cameron Yoe High School, he began his head coaching career in 2002. Over the course of his career, he has coached at Cameron Yoe, Thorndale, Cuero, College Station and now at Prosper High School. Over the course of 18 years as a Head Coach, Coach Holder’s squads have made the playoffs in all 18 seasons, won 14 district titles, 4 state tournament appearances and two state championships, with the most recent being at College Station High School. He was selected as State High School Coach of the Year in 2005 and 2014. Coach Holder was also selected by his peers as the Head Coach for the THSBCA 5/6A South All Star Team at Dell Diamond in 2015. Coach Holder, his wife Kim and son Nathan currently live in Prosper. He has three daughters. Kamryn who attended Texas A&M University and is in a Masters Program and has a daughter, Jace. Hadley is in school to be a skin therapist and Kylar is studying to be an elementary teacher. In his spare time, Coach Holder enjoys hunting, playing golf, being in the water and spending time with his family
My name is Clay Wilson. This is my 29th year teaching and coaching in the great state of Texas, and my 13th year at Prosper High School. As a coach, I believe in hard work and dedication to your craft is an important part of your character and a vital component to attaining success. I believe high school athletics is about developing potential athletes and providing them with the proper environment, knowledge, and training to maximize their potential. As a coaching staff here at Prosper High School, we are dedicated to this mission and work diligently to create a winning culture built around our core values. I graduated from Texas Tech University, Wreck em! I currently teach Economics and Baseball. My wife Christi is a nurse at the Baylor Hospital in Frisco. My son Zach graduated from PHS and is an engineer in the Dallas Area. My son Mason is majoring in Business Finance at Texas Tech. It is an honor and a privilege to work with these young men on a daily basis and look forward to another great season of Prosper Eagles Baseball!
This is Coach Clary’s 10th year in education and his 3rd at Prosper High School, where he will be working with Varsity Infielders as well as serving as the JV Green coach. He is a 2006 graduate of Denton H.S. and a 2014 graduate of Lubbock Christian University where he played baseball. Previous coaching experience includes coaching stops at Slaton and Lubbock-Cooper where he served as a sub-varsity coach and bench coach. His coaching stops in the DFW area include Ranchview High School where he served as the Varsity Assistant and Infield Coordinator and R.L. Turner High School where he served as the Head Coach. Outside of his time spent at school, Coach Clary enjoys playing golf, coaching with the Dallas Patriots and spending time with his family. Coach Clary is married to his wife of five years, Kelsey, who is also an educator in the DFW area. Coach Clary and Kelsey have a daughter, Charlotte (3) and son, Brooks, who joined the team in April of 2024. Coach Clary looks forward to baseball every year and cannot wait to see what this year’s team is able to accomplish. Go. Eagles!
This is Coach Couch’s 23nd year coaching and his second at Prosper High School. Coach Couch came from Braswell High School in Denton with previous stops at Mesquite HS, Allen HS, Plano SHS, Grapevine HS, Frisco Liberty HS, and Wylie East HS. He will be coaching freshman defensive line and baseball as well as teaching Special Ed. Coach Couch is a graduate from Texas A&M University – Commerce. He is married to his beautiful wife Jenifer and has four children, Madison, Caleb, Kendall, and Josie.