Jim Nicholson
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| Intro | Football coach | |
| is | Sports coach | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Death | 8 May 1983 |
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Jim Nicholson (died May 8, 1983) was an American football player and coach. He was the first full-time head football coach at the University of Toledo, serving from 1930 to 1935, and compiling a record of 20–16–4. Nicholson attended Denison University, where he played football and basketball and ran track. Before coming to Toledo in 1930, Nicholson coached at Sandusky High School in Sandusky, Ohio.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toledo Rockets (Northwest Ohio League) | |||||||||
| 1930 | Toledo | 2–5–1 | |||||||
| 1931 | No team | ||||||||
| Toledo Rockets (Ohio Athletic Conference) | |||||||||
| 1932 | Toledo | 3–4 | 3–1 | T–4th | |||||
| 1933 | Toledo | 4–2–2 | 3–2–1 | 7th | |||||
| 1934 | Toledo | 5–3 | 4–1 | 4th | |||||
| 1935 | Toledo | 6–2–1 | 3–1 | 3rd | |||||
| Toledo: | 20–16–4 | 7–2–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 20–16–4 | ||||||||