Lorenzo “Zone” Holland was introduced to bowling while serving in the United States Marine Corps, where he developed his love for bowling while receiving instructions from legendary bowler Don Carter.
In 1996, he became a fixture on Saturdays at Lord Calvert Bowl as a youth coach. Having no kids of his own in the bowling program, he has dedicated every Saturday since then to coaching youth bowlers of all ages. In addition, he is more than willing to provide instruction to adult bowlers who ask.
Zone’s passion and dedication to youth bowlers of all ages and skill levels have resulted in him starting additional bowling clinics that are held on Sunday mornings and Wednesdays afternoons.
During these sessions, youth bowlers are exposed to many different lane conditions and oil patterns in which he instructs them on how to attack the pattern. He constantly searches for tournament and scholarship information to pass on to his youth bowlers. This has resulted in one student receiving a full bowling scholarship to Indiana Tech University. Zone will take the time at his own expense to travel both locally as the youth travel team coach and nationally to watch and instruct his youth bowlers while they are competing in numerous tournaments. Additionally, Zone serves as the Director/Coach for Lord Calvert Bowl’s Youth Travel league.
Zone assists the youth bowlers with numerous fund-raising events to help offset the costs of the out-of-state tournaments. Some of the fund-raisers include “50/50s” and bowling ball raffles.
For over 32 years, Zone has promoted the sport of bowling to both youth and adults by dedicating his time and passing on his passion for the sport. He is willing to go above and beyond to assist anyone who is interested in learning the sport. This includes obtaining at his own expense the Bronze Level Coaching Certification so he can better coach and instruct his students.
Zone is an accomplished bowler himself, as his record includes 11 perfect games and three 800 series.
It is coaches like Lorenzo “Zone” Holland that pass on the knowledge and passion to our future adult competitors. An honored place awaits him in the NCAUSBCA Hall of Fame.
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