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Introduction
Nick Nurse is an American professional basketball coach, author and former college basketball player. He is the head coach of the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Canadian men’s national team.
Early life
| Name | Nick Nurse |
| Net Worth | $5 million |
| Occupation | Basketball coach |
| Height | 1.85m |
| Age | 54 years |
Nicholas David Nurse was born on July 24, 1967 (age 54 years) in Carroll, Iowa, United States. He is the son of Marcella Nurse and played at the University of Northern Iowa from 1985 to 1989, appearing in 111 games. In December 2018, Nurse’s mother Marcella died. He is the school’s all-time 3-point percentage leader at .468 (170 of 363). During their successful 1989–90 season, Nurse was the sole student assistant coach for Northern Iowa in his final year with the team. Nurse graduated from Northern Iowa in May 1990 with a B.A. in accounting.
Career
Nick Nurse became a player-coach for the Derby Rams in the British Basketball League during the 1990–91 season; following the 1990–91 season, Nurse never played professionally again, opting to pursue a full-time coaching career.
Nurse got his first full-time head coaching job at Grand View University when he was only 23 years old; at the time, he was the youngest college basketball head coach in the country. He coached at Grand View for two seasons before taking on an assistant coaching role at the University of South Dakota for two seasons.
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He later spent 11 seasons coaching in Europe, mostly in the British Basketball League (BBL). During that time, he won two BBL championships as a head coach, one with the Birmingham Bullets in 1996 and one with the Manchester Giants in 2000, while also helping London Towers in the Euroleague.
Nick Nurse also won the BBL Coach of the Year Award in the 1999–2000 and 2003–04 seasons. He also coached for the Telindus Oostende of the Ethias League in 1998, as well as became an assistant coach for the Oklahoma Storm of the United States Basketball League in both 2001 and 2005.
Other works
Nick Nurse accepted the head coaching job for the Iowa Energy in 2007, who were preparing for their first season in the NBA D-League (now called the NBA G League). The Energy won division titles under Nurse in the 2008–09 and 2009–10 seasons. After three seasons with the team, Nurse agreed to join the coaching staff of the Iowa State Cyclones as an associate head coach in April 2010.
Shortly afterward, however, Cyclones head coach Greg McDermott left Iowa State to become the head coach at Creighton, and Nick Nurse returned to his former position as head coach with the Energy. In the 2010–11 NBA D-League season, Nurse received the Dennis Johnson Coach of the Year Award after helping Iowa achieve the best record in the league (37–13).
Nick Nurse and the Energy then went on to win the 2011 D-League championship. Before the 2011–12 season, Nurse left the Energy for the D-League’s Rio Grande Valley Vipers. In the 2012–13 season, the Vipers finished with a record of 35–15 and won the D-League finals in a two-game sweep of the Santa Cruz Warriors. During his six seasons coaching in the D-League, Nurse had 23 players on his rosters called up to the NBA.
NBA
Nick Nurse departed the Vipers for an assistant job on the coaching staff of the Toronto Raptors
On June 14, 2018, the Raptors promoted Nick Nurse to the position of the head coach to succeed Casey. In his first season, he guided the Raptors to a 58–24 record, led by offseason acquisition (and eventual Finals MVP) Kawhi Leonard and emerging star Pascal Siakam, who would go on to win the NBA’s Most Improved Player award.
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Nick Nurse coached the Raptors to the 2019 NBA Finals on May 25, 2019, the first for the franchise, after taking the Eastern Conference Championship by defeating the Milwaukee Bucks in six games. On June 13, Nurse became the first head coach to win both the NBA and NBA G League (formerly D-League) titles, when the Raptors defeated the Golden State Warriors in Game 6 of the NBA Finals, winning the Raptors their first championship in franchise history.
Nurse’s second season, the Raptors finished with a 53–19 record, despite losing Leonard to free agency, in a season shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic. He was widely praised for his creativity and innovation in ensuring that the Raptors were able to maintain a high level of play despite losing Leonard.
He qualified to be a head coach in the 2020 NBA All-Star Game as the Eastern Conference representative. On August 22, 2020, Nurse was named NBA Coach of the Year. However, the Raptors were unable to repeat their playoff success of the previous season and were eliminated in the Conference Semifinals, losing in 7 games at the hands of the Boston Celtics.
On June 20, 2019, Nurse joined Hamilton-based rock band Arkells at their sold-out Toronto concert to perform a cover of Stevie Wonder’s hit song “Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours)” on guitar. Nurse wrote the book Rapture: Fifteen Teams, Four Countries, One NBA Championship, and How to Find a Way to Win — Damn Near Anywhere which was published on October 13, 2020.
Contract
On September 15, 2020, the Raptors announced that Nick Nurse had signed a multi-year contract extension. However, Nurse was an assistant coach under Chris Finch, for the Great Britain national team from 2009 to 2012, including the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. On June 24, 2019, Nurse was named the head coach of the Canadian men’s national team for the 2019 FIBA World Cup and beyond.
Wife
Nick Nurse is married to Roberta Nurse. His wife is a private person and they have two sons Leo and Rocky Levi. He also has a nephew named David, who previously worked with the Brooklyn Nets before becoming a personal trainer for professional players. However, Nurse is a lifelong Chicago Cubs fan and was a guest conductor of the seventh-inning stretch at Wrigley Field in 2019, singing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.” Nurse and his wife Roberta currently live in a private house in Toronto.
Nick Nurse net worth
How much is Nick Nurse worth? Nick Nurse net worth is estimated at around $5 million. His main source of income is from his career as a professional basketball coach. Nurse successful career has earned him some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy cars trips. He is one of the richest and influential basketball coaches in the United States.