Began As Head Coach: Began as Head Coach of golf during the 1998-99 season.
Season: 2020-21 will be her 23rd season as Head Coach and 30th year at Webber overall
Accolades: 2012 Sun Conference Coach of the Year; Three Men's Golf Conference Championships (2001, 2003 and 2012); Nine NAIA Men's Golf National Championship team appearances (2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2016)
Nichols has had a long and innovative career at Webber. Nichols joined the staff at Babson Park in 1991 where she was hired as the athletic director. During her 13-year tenure as the AD, Nichols developed 11 new athletic programs, and was the guide in building six new athletic facilities. The softball field has been named the Nancy A. Nichols Softball Field in honor of her leadership.
During Nichols' reign as athletic director, she also served as the president, vice-president and treasurer of the Florida Sun Conference for two years each. She served the Florida Sun Conference in a number of other positions: sports information director (three years), eligibility chairman (two years), and served on the eligibility committee (eight years), and also the executive committee (13 years).
While at Webber, Nichols has been the head coach of women's basketball, taking the program from a club team into the intercollegiate arena in 1990. Nichols has served as the golf coach for both the men's and women's team since 1998, a moniker she still currently holds. After retiring from the athletic director duties in 2004, Nichols moved into the academic realm as the director of academic advising.
Before moving to Webber, Nichols worked at NCAA Division-I Stetson University as the coordinator of women's athletics, where she left her mark by founding the Lady Hatters Boost-Her Club. Nichols coached the Stetson women's basketball team to a NSWAC championship in the 1988-89 season.
Nichols has also coached women's basketball in England and served as the development officer for the English Basketball Association in 1983.
Under Nichols, Webber's men's golf team has captured three conference championship, including most recently its only Sun Conference title in 2012, and has qualified for the NAIA Men's Golf National Championship as a team nine times overall. On the women's side, Webber has sent on two individuals across three national championship appearances.
The following is a list of both the Webber men's and women's golf accomplishments at the conference and national levels under Coach Nichols:
- Men's Conference Championships in 2001, 2003 and 2012.
- Men's NAIA National Championship team appearances in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2016.
- Men's have also sent individuals to NAIA Nationals in 1996 and 1999.
- Women have sent two individuals to NAIA Nationals in 2004, 2005 and 2008.
