This article will inform readers about the family of Nick Nurse, an American professional coach; his parents, children, and siblings.
Nicholas David Nurse is an American professional basketball coach and former player who most recently served as the head coach of the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association. He was born on July 24, 1967, in Carroll, Iowa, United States. He led the Raptors to an NBA championship in 2019 and was named the NBA Coach of the Year in 2020.
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.
Nurse 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.
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.
In 2007, Nurse accepted the head coaching job for Iowa Energy, 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.
Nurse immediately returned to his former position as head coach with 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).
Who are Nick Nurse’s parents?
Nick Nurse’s parents are Marcella Nurse and Maury Nurse. Marcella was a teacher and Maury worked for U.S. Postal Service.
Marcella and Maury have nine children three daughters and six sons. Nick’s dad Maury introduced him to basketball and coached in a Little League Basketball. Maury was involved in local sports, coaching basketball, and volunteering as the Little League program president.
Unfortunately, his father passed away in 2015 at the age of 89 and his mother passed away in 2018 at the age of 94 in Iowa.
Meet the children of Nick Nurse
Nurse and his wife, Roberta, have two sons, Leo and Rocky Levi. Leo Nurse was born on February 8, 2017. As of 2023, Leo is six years old. Rocky Levi was born on May 20, 2019. As of 2023, Rocky is four years old.
Who are the siblings of Nurse?
Nick Nurse had nine siblings; three females and six males.
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