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Nick Nurse
Toronto Raptors
PositionAssistant coach
LeagueNBA
Personal information
Born (1967-07-24) July 24, 1967 (age 57)
Carroll, Iowa
NationalityAmerican
Career information
CollegeNorthern Iowa (1985–1989)
Coaching career1989–present
Career history
As coach:
1989–1990Northern Iowa (assistant)
1990–1991Derby Storm (player-coach)
1991–1993Grand View
1993–1995South Dakota (assistant)
1995–1997Birmingham Bullets
1998Telindus Oostende
1998–2000Manchester Giants
2000–2001London Towers
2001Oklahoma Storm (assistant)
2001–2006Brighton Bears
2005Oklahoma Storm (assistant)
2007–2011Iowa Energy
2011–2013Rio Grande Valley Vipers
2013–presentToronto Raptors (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As coach:

Nick Nurse (born July 24, 1967) is an American basketball coach who is an assistant coach for the Toronto Raptors.

Nurse spent 12 seasons coaching in Europe, mostly in the British Basketball League (BBL).[1] He won the BBL Coach of the Year Award in 1999–00 and 2003–04.[2] In 2007, he accepted the head coaching job for the Energy, who were preparing for their first season in the NBA D-League.[3] The Energy won division titles under Nurse in the 2008–09 and 2009–10 seasons. After three seasons with the team, Nurse agreed to join the coaching staff of the Iowa State Cyclones as an associate head coach in April 2010.[2] Shortly afterward, however, Cyclones head coach Greg McDermott became the head coach at Creighton, and Nurse went back to his former position with the Energy.[4] In the 2010–11 NBA D-League season, Nurse received the Dennis Johnson Coach of the Year award after helping Iowa achieve the best record in the league (37–13).[5]

For the 2011–12 season, Nurse left the Energy for the D-League's Rio Grande Valley Vipers.[6][7] In the 2012–13 season, the Vipers finished with a record of 35–15 and won the D-League finals in a two-game sweep of the Santa Cruz Warriors.[8] Nurse departed the Vipers for an assistant job with the Toronto Raptors.[9]

References

  1. ^ Brennan, Matthew. "D-League Q&A: Iowa Head Coach Nick Nurse". NBA Development League. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Garman, Andy (April 22, 2010). "Energy Coach Nurse Takes ISU Assistant Job". KCCI. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  3. ^ "D-League Des Moines Team Announces All-Iowa Coaching Staff". NBA Development League. March 27, 2007. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  4. ^ "Iowa State, Nurse reach settlement". USA Today. Associated Press. July 8, 2010. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
  5. ^ "Nick Nurse Named D-League Coach Of The Year – RealGM Wiretap".
  6. ^ "NBA Development League: Q&A: New Rio Grande Valley Head Coach Nick Nurse". Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  7. ^ "NBA Development League: Reigning Coach of the Year Joins Vipers". Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  8. ^ http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/sports/local/article_8acebcee-afb2-11e2-b59a-001a4bcf6878.html
  9. ^ http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20130709/SPORTS/307090064/Carroll-s-Nick-Nurse-finally-lands-NBA-coaching-job
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