Darris Nichols

College Nichols played college basketball at West Virginia, where he was a four-year letterman who played in 144 games during his four-year career. Professional After going undrafted out of college, Nichols went on to play professionally for Atomerőmű SE, a professional team in Hungary for one season that went 10-1 and won the Hungarian cup before suffering a knee injury that ended his playing career. == Coaching career ==

After one season playing professionally overseas, Nichols turned to his former college coach Bob Huggins to begin a coaching career, starting at his alma mater West Virginia as a graduate assistant. He was named an assistant at Northern Kentucky in 2011 and spent two seasons with the team before spending a season each with Wofford and Louisiana Tech. He joined the coaching staff at Florida in 2015 as an assistant on former Louisiana Tech head coach Mike White's staff. Radford Nichols was named the head coach at Radford on April 21, 2021. In year two, Radford went 21-15, finishing tied for second in the Big South Conference and advanced to post-season play, participating in the CBI Tournament. Radford had a 9 game winning streak in league play. La Salle La Salle hired Nichols as their new head coach on March 11, 2025, replacing the retiring Fran Dunphy. ==Personal life==

In February 2023, Nichols was arrested and ultimately pled guilty to DUI. Nichols was suspended for several games at Radford but returned to coaching a few weeks later. == Head coaching record ==