Biographical details | |
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Born | August 19, 1946 |
Playing career | |
1968 | Alderson–Broaddus |
Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
1970–1976 | John D. Bassett HS |
1976–1979 | James Madison (assistant) |
1979–1985 | Wake Forest (assistant) |
1985–1988 | California (assistant) |
1988–1993 | George Mason |
1993–2001 | Wake Forest (assistant) |
2001–2003 | South Carolina (assistant) |
2003–2009 | Elon |
2009–2010 | New Jersey Nets (scout) |
2010–2011 | Penn State (assistant) |
2011–2012 | Missouri (assistant) |
2012–2017 | Navy (assistant) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 135–198 |
Tournaments | 0–1 ( NCAA Division I) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
CAA tournament (
1989) SoCon North Division (2006) | |
Awards | |
SoCon Coach of the Year (2006) [1] | |
Ernie Nestor (born August 19, 1946 [1] [2]) is an American college basketball coach, formally an assistant coach at the University of Missouri. Head coach Frank Haith named Nestor to this post in April, 2011. [3] He was formerly the head coach of the Elon University and George Mason men's basketball teams. [4] Nestor, a native of Philippi, West Virginia, [1] [2] was a long-time assistant at Wake Forest University, including an eight-year stint for head coach Dave Odom. He has also been on the coaching staffs of California, James Madison and South Carolina during his career. [3]
Nestor began his head coaching career at John D. Bassett High School in Bassett, Virginia, where he coached from 1970 to 1976. [5] For 14 seasons (1979–1985, 1993–2001) Nestor served as a Wake Forest assistant; Odom was the head coach during his second of two stints. [3] [6] The Demon Deacons won two Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament titles ( 1995 and 1996), [6] and reached the final eight of the 1996 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament in his time there. [3] In addition, the team won the National Invitation Tournament in 2000. [6] The U.S. 1996 William Jones Cup team was coached by Nestor. [1] [3]
From May 12, 1988 [7] to March 8, 1993, [8] Nestor was head coach at George Mason University. [4] [6]
In 1989, George Mason gained an NCAA Tournament berth under Nestor by winning the Colonial Athletic Association's postseason tournament; it was the first NCAA Tournament participation for the program. [9] After losing in the first round of the NCAA tournament to Indiana, the Patriots finished the year 20–11. [10] The 1990 team also reached the 20-victory plateau. [11] He resigned after five years and a 68–81 record at George Mason before joining Odom on his staff at Wake Forest in 1993. [6] [12]
Nestor's 2008 Elon team, the seventh seed in the Southern Conference postseason tournament, made it to the finals, where Davidson defeated them. [3] [4] In 2009, he resigned (or was fired [13]) after six seasons at the helm for Elon. [4] He served as a scout for the NBA's New Jersey Nets from 2009 to 2010 before returning to the college ranks as Director of Basketball Operations for Penn State for the 2010–11 season. [14]
After one season, Nestor left the Missouri program [15] to take an assistant coaching position at Navy. [16]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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George Mason Patriots ( Colonial Athletic Association) (1988–1993) | |||||||||
1988–89 | George Mason | 20–11 [5] | 10–4 | 2nd | NCAA Division I First Round [17] | ||||
1989–90 | George Mason | 20–12 [18] | 10–4 | T–2nd | |||||
1990–91 | George Mason | 14–16 [19] | 8–6 | T–3rd | |||||
1991–92 | George Mason | 7–21 [8] | 3–11 | T–7th | |||||
1992–93 | George Mason | 7–21 [8] | 2–12 | 8th | |||||
George Mason: | 68–81 [1] (.456) | 33–37 (.471) | |||||||
Elon Phoenix ( Southern Conference) (2003–2009) | |||||||||
2003–04 | Elon | 12–18 [20] | 7–9 [20] | T–3rd (North) [21] | |||||
2004–05 | Elon | 8–23 [22] | 5–11 [22] | 4th (North) [23] | |||||
2005–06 | Elon | 15–14 [24] | 10–4 [24] | 1st (North) [25] | |||||
2006–07 | Elon | 7–23 [26] | 5–13 [26] | 5th (North) [27] | |||||
2007–08 | Elon | 14–19 [28] | 5–11 [28] | 4th (North) [29] | |||||
2008–09 | Elon | 11–20 [30] | 7–13 [30] | 5th (North) [31] | |||||
Elon: | 67–117 [4] (.364) | 39–61 (.390) | |||||||
Total: | 135–198 (.405) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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