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Darris Nichols (born May 20, 1986) is an American basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach at Radford University, a role he has held since 2021.
Playing career
College
Nichols played college basketball at West Virginia, where he was a four-year letterman who played in 144 games during his four-year career.
Professional
After going undrafted out of college, Nichols went on to play professionally for Atomerőmű SE, a professional team in Hungary for one season that went 10-1 and won the Hungarian cup before suffering a knee injury that ended his playing career.
Coaching career
After one season playing professionally overseas, Nichols turned to his former college coach Bob Huggins to begin a coaching career, starting at his alma mater West Virginia as a graduate assistant. He was named an assistant at Northern Kentucky in 2011 and spent two seasons with the team before spending a season each with Wofford and Louisiana Tech. He joined the coaching staff at Florida in 2015 as an assistant on former Louisiana Tech head coach Mike White's staff.
Radford
Nichols was named the head coach at Radford on April 21, 2021.
In year two, Radford went 21-15, finishing tied for second in the Big South Conference and advanced to post-season play, participating in the CBI Tournament. Radford had a 9 game winning streak in league play.
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radford Highlanders (Big South Conference) | |||||||||
| 2021–22 | Radford | 11–18 | 7–9 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2022–23 | Radford | 21–15 | 12–6 | T–2nd | CBI Semifinals | ||||
| Radford: | 32–33 (.492) | 19–15 (.559) | |||||||
| Total: | 32–33 (.492) | ||||||||
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