COACH NICHOLS 
Coach Nichols brings a unique professional background to HFA and the Coach Nichols School O‘Ball. He began his career as a junior high coach in Sutherland, Oregon。
After 7 years in the high school ranks, Coach Nichols was hired as Head Coach and later General Manager of the prestigious Athletes in Action. He developed an international reputation for excellence as his teams defeated all the top national Olympic teams in the world including Gold Medal winners Yugoslavia, the Soviet Union and China。
Nichols’ Team was retained by the ABAUSA to train with the US Olympic Team as they prepared for the Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea. Prominent players on the Olympic team included David Robinson (US Naval Academy), Danny Manning (NCAA player of the Year, University of Kansas), Stacey Augmon (UNLV), and J.R Reid (University of North Carolina)。
His teams also defeated such nationally prominent basketball programs as UCLA, Florida, the University of Memphis, Oregon, and USC. While with Athletes in Action, playing against top-flight competition, Nichols’ teams compiled a winning percentage of 79 %.
In 1989, Nichols founded High Five America, a 501c-3 non-profit organization. In the years since its inception, High Five America club teams have competed with distinction. Well over 100 HFA players have advanced to four-year university basketball careers. Coach Nichols has also provided training to many who became accomplished players and coaches at the high school, university and professional levels including Yao Ming, of the Houston Rockets and the Chinese Olympic Team, and Liu Wei of the Shanghai Sharks and the Chinese Olympic Team.
Coach Nichols has decided to dedicate his extensive teaching/coaching experience to “THE COACH NICHOLS’ SCHOOLO’ BALL” where aspiring basketball players of any experience level and either gender, regardless of school, club or professional team affiliation, have the opportunity to reach their God-given potential.
- Experience at all levels: Kindergarten to the Pros
- Proven Winning Record at all Levels
- Winning Strategies
- Coaches’ Training
- Specializing in Player Assessment and Monitoring Player Progress
