Holliday Embraces 'Blue-Collar' Mentality for Upcoming Season

Cowboys shift focus ahead to new chapter after turbulent 2025 season

Daniel Allen

Feb 10, 2026 - 6 min read

Oklahoma State head coach Josh Holliday signals to his players during the Cowboys' game against Texas on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. Holliday enters his 14th season at the helm of his alma mater as OSU seeks its first College World Series appearance since 2016. – Photo by Bruce Waterfield/OSU Athletics

Holliday Embraces 'Blue-Collar' Mentality for Upcoming Season — Oklahoma State head coach Josh Holliday signals to his players during the Cowboys' game against Texas on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. Holliday enters his 14th season at the helm of his alma mater as OSU seeks its first College World Series appearance since 2016. – Photo by Bruce Waterfield/OSU Athletics

Josh Holliday didn’t mince words.

Entering his 14th season at the helm of his alma mater, Holliday dons the task of righting the ship within a program tethered to heightened annual preseason expectations. Despite capturing 12 consecutive regional appearances and five Big 12 championships — three conference-tournament and two regular-season titles — OSU hasn’t appeared in the College World Series since 2016.

Can the 2026 team be the group to neutralize that drought? Time will tell.

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