Darris Nichols

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Darris Nichols
Darris Nichols.jpg
Nichols in 2016
Radford Highlanders
PositionHead coach
League Big South Conference
Personal information
Born (1986-05-20) May 20, 1986 (age 37)
Radford, Virginia, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
High schoolRadford (Radford, Virginia)
College West Virginia (2004–2008)
NBA draft 2008: undrafted
Playing career2008–2009
Position Point guard
Number14
Coaching career2010–present
Career history
As player:
2008–2009 Atomerőmű SE
As coach:
2010–2011 West Virginia (graduate assistant)
2011–2013 Northern Kentucky (assistant)
2013–2014 Wofford (assistant)
2014–2015 Louisiana Tech (assistant)
2015–2021 Florida (assistant)
2021–present Radford

Darris Nichols (born May 20, 1986) is an American basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach at Radford University, a role he has held since 2021. [1]

Contents

Playing career

College

Nichols played college basketball at West Virginia, where he was a four-year letterman who played in 144 games during his four-year career. [2]

Professional

After going undrafted out of college, Nichols went on to play professionally for Atomerőmű SE, a professional team in Hungary for one season that went 10-1 and won the Hungarian cup before suffering a knee injury that ended his playing career. [3]

Coaching career

After one season playing professionally overseas, Nichols turned to his former college coach Bob Huggins to begin a coaching career, starting at his alma mater West Virginia as a graduate assistant. [4] He was named an assistant at Northern Kentucky in 2011 and spent two seasons with the team before spending a season each with Wofford and Louisiana Tech. [5] [6] He joined the coaching staff at Florida in 2015 as an assistant on former Louisiana Tech head coach Mike White's staff.

Radford

Nichols was named the head coach at Radford on April 21, 2021. [1]

In year two, Radford went 21-15, finishing tied for second in the Big South Conference and advanced to post-season play, participating in the CBI Tournament. Radford had a 9 game winning streak in league play.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Radford Highlanders (Big South Conference)(2021–present)
2021–22 Radford 11–187–9T–3rd (North)
2022–23 Radford 21–1512–6T–2nd CBI Semifinals
2023–24 Radford 16–175–11T–8th
Radford:48–50 (.490)24–26 (.480)
Total:48–50 (.490)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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