# Gene Nicholson

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**B. Eugene Nicholson** (June 14, 1941 – December 30, 2019) was an American [football](/source/American_football) coach. He served as the head football coach at the [Westminster College](/source/Westminster_College_(Pennsylvania)) in [New Wilmington, Pennsylvania](/source/New_Wilmington,_Pennsylvania), from 1991 to 1998, compiling and record of 64–25–2 and winning the [NAIA Division II Football National Championship](/source/NAIA_Division_II_Football_National_Championship) in 1994. Nicholson began his coaching career in 1964 at [Wilmington Area High School](/source/Wilmington_Area_High_School) in New Wilmington as an assistant under [Joe Fusco](/source/Joe_Fusco) before succeeding him as head coach in 1967. After two seasons as head coach at Wilmington, Fusco moved on to Westminster College as an assistant under [Harold Burry](/source/Harold_Burry), rejoining Fusco, who was also an assistant to Burry.[1] Nicholson was the head men's [golf](/source/Golf) coach at Westminster for 13 seasons until his retirement in 2013. He was also the head coach of the school's [swimming](/source/Swimming_(sport)), [tennis](/source/Tennis), [wrestling](/source/Wrestling), and [track](/source/Track_and_field) teams.[2]

Nicholson was born on June 14, 1941, in [Mullins, South Carolina](/source/Mullins,_South_Carolina). He spent his childhood in [Fayetteville, North Carolina](/source/Fayetteville,_North_Carolina), Germany, and [Brentwood, Pennsylvania](/source/Brentwood,_Pennsylvania), graduating in 1959 from [Brentwood High School](/source/Brentwood_High_School_(Pennsylvania)). Nicholson died on December 30, 2019, at Sharon Regional Medical Center in [Sharon, Pennsylvania](/source/Sharon,_Pennsylvania).[3][4]

## References

1. ["Nicholson named Westminster aide"](https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38497863/new_castle_news/). *[New Castle News](/source/New_Castle_News)*. April 15, 1969. p. 14. Retrieved November 5, 2019. – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)

1. ["Gene Nicholson to Step Down as Head Men's Golf Coach"](https://athletics.westminster.edu/news/2015/9/11/MGOLF_128785373.aspx?path=mgolf). [Westminster College](/source/Westminster_College_(Pennsylvania)). May 13, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2019.

1. ["B. Eugene Nicholson Obituary"](https://obituaries.ncnewsonline.com/obituary/b-eugene-nicholson-1078180644). *[New Castle News](/source/New_Castle_News)*. January 1, 2020. Retrieved January 3, 2020.

1. ["Westminster Mourns the Loss of Hall of Fame Coach Gene Nicholson"](https://www.wcn247.com/holcad_and_campus/our_campus/westminster-mourns-the-loss-of-hall-of-fame-coach-gene/article_732d2d00-2ce2-11ea-8dbf-1b7ab5ea9dcf.html). *[Holcad](/source/Holcad)*. January 1, 2020. Retrieved January 3, 2020.

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