Last Updated on January 21, 2025 by Mathew Diekhake
Here is detailed information about Nick Nurse:
- Full Name: Nicholas David Nurse
- Nationality: American
- Date of Birth (DOB): July 24, 1967
- Hometown: Carroll, Iowa, USA
- Height: 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) (estimated)
- Weight: 180 lbs (82 kg) (estimated)
- Position: Played as a guard during his college career
- High School: Kuemper Catholic High School (Carroll, Iowa)
- College: University of Northern Iowa (1985–1989)
- NBA Draft: Undrafted (transitioned into coaching after college)
- Teams Played For: None professionally (focused on coaching after his college playing career)
- Championship Rings:
- 1 NBA Championship Ring as head coach of the Toronto Raptors (2019).
- Kids: Two children, Leo and Rocky Nurse.
- Siblings: Nick Nurse is one of nine siblings; specific details about all of them are not widely documented.
Career Highlights:
Nick Nurse is widely recognized as one of the top basketball minds in the game. He has coached internationally in the UK and held head coaching positions in the NBA G-League before becoming the head coach of the Toronto Raptors in 2018. Nurse led the Raptors to their first-ever NBA Championship in 2019 and earned the NBA Coach of the Year award in 2020.
As of 2023, he is the head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers.