The Carroll-born coach who won an NBA championship and was named Coach of the Year.
Nick Nurse was born in 1967 in Carroll, Iowa, and played college basketball at the University of Northern Iowa before a long coaching journey through the minor leagues and overseas.
As head coach of the Toronto Raptors he won the 2019 NBA championship, and he was later named NBA Coach of the Year and hired to lead the Philadelphia 76ers — an Iowa small-town success at the top of pro basketball.
Nurse's inventive coaching earned him a title and league-wide respect, and he kept his Carroll, Iowa, roots front and center. He is among the most accomplished basketball minds the state has produced.
His rise is a classic Iowa story of persistence.
The Carroll-born coach who won an NBA championship and was named Coach of the Year.
Nick Nurse was from Carroll, Iowa.
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