Nick Nurse

Nick Nurse
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Biographical details
Born	October 30, 1966 (1966-10-30) (age 45)
Place of birth	Carroll, Iowa
Playing career
Position(s)	Head Coach
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1989-1990 1990-1991 1991-1993 1993-1995 1995-1997 1998 1998-2000 2000-2001 2001 2001-2006 2005 2007-2010 2010 2010-2011 2011-present	UNI (NCAA) (assistant) Derby (BBL) (player-coach) Grand View (NAIA) South Dakota (NCAA) (assistant) Birmingham (BBL) Oostende (Belgian League) Manchester (BBL) London (BBL) Oklahoma (USBL) (assistant) Brighton (BBL) Oklahoma (USBL) (assistant) Iowa (NBA D-League) Iowa State (assistant) Iowa (NBA D-League) Rio Grande Valley (NBA D-League)

Nick Nurse (born July 24, 1967 in Carroll, Iowa) is an American basketball coach who is the head coach for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers of the NBA Development League (NBADL).

Nurse spent 12 seasons coaching in Europe, mostly in the British Basketball League (BBL).^[1] He won the BBL Coach of the Year Award in 1999–00 and 2003–04.^[2] In 2007, he accepted the head coaching job for the Energy, who were preparing for their first season in the NBA D-League.^[3] The Energy won division titles under Nurse in the 2008–09 and 2009–10 seasons. After three seasons with the team, Nurse agreed to join the coaching staff of the Iowa State Cyclones as an associate head coach in April 2010.^[2] Shortly afterward, however, Cyclones head coach Greg McDermott became the head coach at Creighton, and Nurse went back to his former position with the Energy.^[4] In the 2010-11 NBA D-League season, Nurse received the Dennis Johnson Coach of the Year award after helping Iowa achieve the best record in the league (37-13).^[5] On September 29, 2011, the D-League's Rio Grande Valley Vipers announced that Nurse would be taking the position as the team's head coach for the 2011-12 season.^{[6] [7]}

References

1. ^ Brennan, Matthew. "D-League Q&A: Iowa Head Coach Nick Nurse". NBA Development League. http://www.nba.com/dleague/iowa/nurse_070328.html. Retrieved 2010-07-26. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Garman, Andy (2010-04-22). "Energy Coach Nurse Takes ISU Assistant Job". KCCI. http://www.kcci.com/sports/23235962/detail.html. Retrieved 2010-07-26. 
3. ^ "D-League Des Moines Team Announces All-Iowa Coaching Staff". NBA Development League. 2007-03-27. http://www.nba.com/dleague/iowa/coach_announcement_070328.html. Retrieved 2010-07-26. 
4. ^ "Iowa State, Nurse reach settlement". USA Today. Associated Press. 2010-07-08. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/2010-07-08-3836494241_x.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-26. 
5. ^ "Nick Nurse Named D-League Coach Of The Year - RealGM Wiretap". http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/213180/Nick_Nurse_Named_D_League_Coach_Of_The_Year. 
6. ^ "NBA Development League: Q&A: New Rio Grande Valley Head Coach Nick Nurse". http://www.nba.com/dleague/news/coach_nurse_q_and_a_110919.html. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
7. ^ "NBA Development League: Reigning Coach of the Year Joins Vipers". http://www.nba.com/dleague/riograndevalley/coach091911.html. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 

External links

• http://www.britball.com/profiles/nick_nurse.htm

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Name	Nurse, Nick
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Date of birth	October 30, 1966
Place of birth	Carroll, Iowa
Date of death
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