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Jim M. Nichols
Biographical details
Born (1975-08-27) August 27, 1975 (age 49)
Camden, Arkansas, U.S.
Alma materHarding University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2003–2005Auburn (GA)
2006–2008Faulkner
2009Troy (assistant)
2010–2013Texas Tech (director of football)
2016Mount Dora Christian (FL)
2019Liberty (chief of staff)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2015–2019Mount Dora Christian (FL)
2019–?Liberty (assistant AD)

Jim M. Nichols is American college administrator and former football coach. He was the first head football coach at Faulkner University in Montgomery, Alabama, [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]

Nichols was the athletics director at Mount Dora Christian Academy in Mount Dora, Florida from 2015 to 2019 and was the school's head football coach in 2016. He resigned in January 2019 to take a job as assistant athletic director and chief of staff for the football team at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia.[3] Nichols is now the vice president of development for Liberty.

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

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College

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Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Faulkner Eagles (NAIA independent) (2007)
2007 Faulkner
Faulkner Eagles (Mid-South Conference) (2008–present)
2008 Faulkner
Faulkner:
Total:
      National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

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