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 in its first two seasons of play, 2007 and 2008.[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]

Jim M. Nichols
Biographical details
Born (1975-08-27) August 27, 1975
Camden, Arkansas
Alma materHarding University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2003–2006Auburn (GA)
2006–2009Faulkner
2009Troy (Assistant)
2010–2013Texas Tech (Director of Football)
2015-2018MDCA (FL) (Director of Athletics)
2019Liberty (Chief of staff/Assistant AD)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2015–2018Mount Dora Christian (FL)
2019–Liberty (Assistant AD/VP of University and Athletic Development)

Nichols was the athletics director at Mount Dora Christian Academy in Mount Dora, Florida from 2015 to 2018 and was the school's head football coach in 2016. He resigned in December 2018 to take a job as Assistant Athletic Director and Chief of Staff for Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia.[3] Nichols is now the Vice President of University and Athletic development for Liberty University.

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 ConferenceStanding Bowl/playoffs
Faulkner Eagles (NAIA independent) (2007)
2007 Faulkner
Faulkner Eagles (Mid-South Conference) (2008–present)
2008 Faulkner (West)
Faulkner:
Total:

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.
  3. Jolley, Frank (January 9, 2020). "H.S. Notebook: MDCA's Nichols resigns as AD". Daily Commercial. Leesburg, Florida. Retrieved February 4, 2021.


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