(1967-07-24) July 24, 1967 (age 56) Carroll, Iowa, U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Career information
High school
Kuemper Catholic (Carroll, Iowa)
College
Northern Iowa (1985–1989)
Playing career
1990–1991
Position
Point guard
Number
4
Coaching career
1989–present
Career history
As player:
1990–1991
Derby Rams
As coach:
1989–1990
Northern Iowa (assistant)
1990–1991
Derby Rams (player-coach)
1991–1993
Grand View
1993–1995
South Dakota (assistant)
1995–1997
Birmingham Bullets
1998
Telindus Oostende
1998–2000
Manchester Giants
2000–2001
London Towers
2001
Oklahoma Storm (assistant)
2001–2006
Brighton Bears
2005
Oklahoma Storm (assistant)
2007–2011
Iowa Energy
2011–2013
Rio Grande Valley Vipers
2013–2018
Toronto Raptors (assistant)
2018–2023
Toronto Raptors
2023–present
Philadelphia 76ers
Career highlights and awards
As head coach:
NBA champion (2019)
NBA Coach of the Year (2020)
NBA All-Star Game head coach (2020)
2× NBA D-League champion (2011, 2013)
NBA D-League Coach of the Year (2011)
2× BBL champion (1996, 2000)
2× BBL Coach of the Year (2000, 2004)
4× BBL All-Star Game head coach (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001)
English Cup winner (2003)
Uni-Ball Trophy winner (1999)
Belgian Cup winner (1998)
Belgian Supercup winner (1998)
Nicholas David Nurse (born July 24, 1967) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He previously served as head coach for the Toronto Raptors, whom he led to an NBA championship in 2019 and with whom he was named the NBA Coach of the Year in 2020.
Nurse played college basketball for the Northern Iowa Panthers. He played professional basketball with the Derby Rams in the British Basketball League.
Nicholas David Nurse (born July 24, 1967) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Philadelphia 76ers...
championships with their current teams, while Rick Carlisle, Tyronn Lue, NickNurse, Mike Budenholzer, and Doc Rivers have won with their former teams. Note:...
Spurs in 2003 and 2014. 2020 winner and former Toronto Raptors head coach NickNurse is the only coach to receive this honor in both the NBA and the NBA G...
Derby Turbos later changed to Derby Rams in 1985. (which NBA head coach NickNurse was a player/coach), the team was a founder member of the franchise-based...
Coach of the Year weeks later, and replaced him with assistant coach NickNurse. They also traded DeMar DeRozan and Jakob Pöltl to the San Antonio Spurs...
Rockets. Rockets GM Daryl Morey approached NickNurse (coach of the Energy) about coaching the team, and Nurse, intrigued by the analytics that the Vipers...
Angeles Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue, Philadelphia 76ers head coach NickNurse, Phoenix Suns head coach Frank Vogel, and Denver Nuggets head coach Michael...
the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach. Sam Mitchell, Dwane Casey and NickNurse are the only Raptors coaches to have won the NBA Coach of the Year Award...
Iowa Events Center. The team later hired former Northern Iowa player NickNurse as the team's first head coach. The team initially held a naming contest...
staff for the Toronto Raptors, where he served as assistant coach to NickNurse, who had served under him at the 2012 Summer Olympics. On February 22...
his "defensive instinct" as "impressive." Toronto Raptors head coach NickNurse commented on his defense as well, saying that it "rub off on others."...
He spent one season with Toronto before following former Raptors coach NickNurse to the Philadelphia 76ers as an assistant. During offseasons, Hines orchestrates...
winning Coach of the Year, Casey was subsequently fired as coach on May 11. NickNurse was promoted to replace Casey as head coach on June 14. Toronto's roster...
88 On May 16, 2023, Head Coach Doc Rivers was fired and replaced by NickNurse on June 1. The Sixers traded James Harden, PJ Tucker and Filip Petrusev...
on Netflix on November 11, 2022. Capturing the Killer Nurse was received with mixed reviews. Nick Pope at Esquire writes, "The audience needs to be prepared...
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immediately. Barrett's first move was to hire Toronto Raptors head coach NickNurse to coach the national men's team at the 2019 FIBA World Cup with the hopes...
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