Derek Nicholson
Linebackers at Missouri since 2025.
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- Seasons coached
- 16
- First season
- 2011
- Teams
- 8
Career
11 stints
- 2011Oak Ridge Military Academy (NC)dc
- 2012Maclay (FL)dc
- 2013AkronLinebackers
- 2014LouisvilleOutside LinebackersDefensive Ends
- 2015Alcorn StateDefensive Line
- 2016–2017Southern MissDefensive Line
- 2018–2019Southern MissCo-Defensive Coordinator
- 2020–2022LouisvilleInside Linebackers
- 2023MiamiInside Linebackers
- 2024MiamiCo-Defensive CoordinatorLinebackers
- 2025–presentMissouriLinebackers
Coaching tree
8 mentors, 0 protégés, 0 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
Mentors
Became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
9
- 2025–2026Eli DrinkwitzCoached under · Missouri
- 2023–2024Mario CristobalCoached under · Miami
- 2022Deion BranchCoached under · Louisville
- 2020–2022Scott SatterfieldCoached under · Louisville
- 2016–2019Jay HopsonCoached under · Southern Miss
- 2015Jay HopsonCoached under · Alcorn State
- 2014Bobby PetrinoCoached under · Louisville
- 2014Nick PetrinoCoached under · Louisville
- 2013Terry BowdenCoached under · Akron
Tenure
16 seasons
- LouisvillePosition coach · 2014–20224
- MissouriPosition coach · 2025–2026 · current2
- Southern MissCoordinator · 2018–20192
- Southern MissPosition coach · 2016–20172
- MiamiCoordinator · 20241
- MiamiPosition coach · 20231
- Alcorn StatePosition coach · 20151
- AkronPosition coach · 20131
- Maclay (FL)Coordinator · 20121
- Oak Ridge Military Academy (NC)Coordinator · 20111
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Derek Nicholson. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.