Jim Nichols
Jim M. Nichols is American college administrator and former football coach. He was the first head football coach at Faulkner University in Montgomery, Alabama, leading the Faulkner Eagles to a record of 2–18 in the first two seasons of play, 2007 and 2008.[1] Nichols was hired at Faulkner in 2006 following three season as a graduate assistant at Auburn University, where he worked under head football coach Tommy Tuberville.[2]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 27, 1975 Camden, Arkansas |
| 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 | |
| Overall | 2–18 (college) |
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
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faulkner Eagles (NAIA independent) (2007) | |||||||||
| 2007 | Faulkner | 0–9 | |||||||
| Faulkner Eagles (Mid-South Conference) (2008–present) | |||||||||
| 2008 | Faulkner | 2–9 | 0–5 | 6th (West) | |||||
| Faulkner: | 2–18 | 0–5 | |||||||
| Total: | 2–18 | ||||||||
References
- DeLassus, David. "Faulkner University Coaching Records". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
- "Faulkner, Nicholas moving forward". Selma Times-Journal. Selma, Alabama. Associated Press. June 13, 2006. p. 6. Retrieved February 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
. - Jolley, Frank (January 9, 2020). "H.S. Notebook: MDCA's Nichols resigns as AD". Daily Commercial. Leesburg, Florida. Retrieved February 4, 2021.