Jim M. Nichols is American college administrator and former

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coach. He was the first head football coach at Faulkner University in Montgomery, Alabama, leading the Faulkner Eagles in its first two seasons of play, 2007 and 2008. Nichols was hired at Faulkner in 2006 following three seasons as a graduate assistant at

Auburn University Auburn University (AU or Auburn) is a public land-grant research university in Auburn, Alabama. With more than 24,600 undergraduate students and a total enrollment of more than 30,000 with 1,330 faculty members, Auburn is the second largest uni ...

, where he worked under head football coach Tommy Tuberville. Nichols was the athletics director at

Mount Dora Christian Academy Mount Dora Christian Academy (formerly Christian Home and Bible School) is a Mixed-sex education, co-educational PreK-12 private school, private Christian school in Mount Dora, Florida, United States. Founded in 1945, Mount Dora Christian Academy ...

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from 2015 to 2018 and was the school's head football coach in 2016. He resigned in December 2018 to take a job as Assistant Athletic Director and Chief of Staff for Liberty University in

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. Nichols is now the Vice President of University and Athletic development for Liberty University. Nichols was born in

Camden, Arkansas Camden is a city in and the county seat of Ouachita County in the south-central part of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The city is located about 100 miles south of Little Rock. Situated on bluffs overlooking the Ouachita River, the city developed ...

and grew up in

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, where he went to

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and graduated from

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Head coaching record

College

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External links

Liberty University profile

Liberty football profile
1975 births Living people Auburn Tigers football coaches Faulkner Eagles football coaches Texas Tech Red Raiders football coaches Troy Trojans football coaches High school football coaches in Florida Harding University alumni People from Camden, Arkansas People from Searcy, Arkansas Coaches of American football from Arkansas {{2000s-collegefootball-coach-stub