Jim Nichols

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Jim Nichols
Biographical details
Born (1975-08-27) August 27, 1975 (age 49)
Camden, Arkansas, U.S.
Alma mater Harding University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2003–2005 Auburn (GA)
2006–2008 Faulkner
2009 Troy (assistant)
2010–2013 Texas Tech (director of football)
2016 Mount Dora Christian (FL)
2019 Liberty (chief of staff)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2015–2019 Mount Dora Christian (FL)
2019–? Liberty (assistant AD)
Head coaching record
Overall2–18 (college)
5–5 (high school)

Jim M. Nichols is American college administrator and former football coach. He was the first head football coach at Faulkner University in Montgomery, Alabama, [1] Nichols was hired at Faulkner in 2006 following three seasons as a graduate assistant at Auburn University, where he worked under head football coach Tommy Tuberville. [2]

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Nichols was the athletics director at Mount Dora Christian Academy in Mount Dora, Florida from 2015 to 2019 and was the school's head football coach in 2016. He resigned in January 2019 to take a job as assistant athletic director and chief of staff for the football team at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. [3] Nichols is now the vice president of development for Liberty.

Nichols was born in Camden, Arkansas and grew up in Searcy, Arkansas, where he went to Searcy High School and graduated from Harding University.

Head coaching record

College

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Faulkner Eagles (NAIA independent)(2007)
2007 Faulkner0–9
Faulkner Eagles (Mid-South Conference)(2008)
2008 Faulkner2–90–56th (West)
Faulkner:2–180–5
Total:2–18

High school

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Mount Dora Christian Bulldogs ()(2016)
2016Mount Dora Christian5–53–12nd
Mount Dora Christian:5–53–1
Total:5–5

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References

  1. DeLassus, David. "Faulkner University Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on January 9, 2009. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
  2. "Faulkner, Nichols moving forward". Selma Times-Journal . Selma, Alabama. Associated Press. June 13, 2006. p. 6. Retrieved February 4, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  3. Jolley, Frank (January 9, 2020). "H.S. Notebook: MDCA's Nichols resigns as AD". Daily Commercial . Leesburg, Florida . Retrieved February 4, 2021.