Nick Nurse

Nick Nurse is the kind of coach I genuinely root for. He came out of small-town Carroll, Iowa, and grinded his way up through unglamorous stops before steering the Raptors to the 2019 title and earning Coach of the Year in 2020. What impresses me most is his tactical inventiveness, the box-and-one and zone wrinkles that catch favorites off guard. That creativity feels earned, the product of years thinking the game from the margins rather than the spotlight. Now in Philadelphia, he carries the reputation of a man who outwits rather than out-recruits, and I'll always favor that brand of basketball mind.

Name (English)

Nick Nurse

Name (Japanese)

ニック・ナース

Reading

にっく・なーす

Born

July 24, 1967 (age 59)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Goat

Origin

Carroll, Iowa, United States

Height

185 cm

Occupation

basketball player / basketball coach

High school

Kuemper Catholic High School

University

University of Northern Iowa

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick%20Nurse
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3339779

Tags

• Iowa
• basketball player
• basketball coach

Last updated

2026-06-18

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