Alvin Doyle came to PRCC from New Orleans. He was an all-state center on the 1961 team that won the State Championship and was later voted the No. 1 Junior College team in the nation. He was one of several out-of-state players who came to PRCC to try out for the team. Coach Holden liked the way he snapped the ball on special teams, so he received a scholarship.
"It was great playing for Coach Holden and Coach (John) Russell," said Doyle, "because it wasn’t if we were going to win the game, but by how many points."
Indeed, the 1961 Wildcat team finished 10-0, outscoring their opponents 446-47. Only one team scored in double figures against them.
"When we were winning by such large scores, the starters only played the first half and the second and third string would play the last half," said Doyle. "Of the 22 starters we had, 21 received letters of intent to play the next two years from either a major college or university."
Doyle himself played at Southeastern Louisiana University, where he was captain of the football team his second year.
"Coach Holden took a young man, who thought he was tough already, and groomed him by encouragement, persistence and mentorship - and true grit," said Doyle, "to become the football player I wanted to be and the coach I would later become."                                                                                Doyle would go on to serve two years (1967-69) as an assistant coach at Pearl River before embarking on a successful career at Poplarville High School as athletic director and head football coach. His 1972 Hornets won the state championship (11-0).
Life changed for Alvin and Mary Doyle in 1981 following the death of his son, David Christian. They were called in the ministry and became foreign missionaries. 
Doyle remains grateful for the opportunities that Coach Holden gave him.
"Coach Holden gave me a chance to play and that was really all I ever wanted," said Doyle. "Many senior colleges said I was too small to play, but Coach Holden saw beyond my size to the passion I had for the game. Without that chance to play at PRCC, I really don’t know what I would have done.
"Coach Holden and his wife (Earlora) and children gave up much in the area of family time because of his commitment to the game. Because of his love for football, he lived it and breathed it and sometimes his family had to take a back seat to the goings on at PRCC."