Nestor was born on August 19, 1946. He began his head coaching career at
John D. Bassett High School in
Bassett, Virginia, where he coached from 1970 to 1976. 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. The Demon Deacons won two
Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball tournament titles (
1995 and
1996), to March 8, 1993, Nestor was head coach at
George Mason University. After losing in the first round of the
NCAA tournament to
Indiana, the Patriots finished the year 20–11. The 1990 team also reached the 20-victory plateau. He resigned after five years and a 68–81 record at George Mason before joining Odom on his staff at Wake Forest in 1993. Nestor's 2008 Elon team, the seventh seed in the
Southern Conference postseason tournament, made it to the finals, where
Davidson defeated them.) after six seasons at the helm for Elon. After one season, Nestor left the Missouri program to take an assistant coaching position at
Navy. Nestor died on January 26, 2025, at the age of 78. ==Head coaching record==