Ernie Nestor

Who is Ernie Nestor?

Ernie Nestor is an American college basketball coach, formally an assistant coach at the University of Missouri. Head coach Frank Haith named Nestor to this post in April, 2011. He was formerly the head coach of the Elon University and George Mason men's basketball teams. Nestor, a native of Philippi, West Virginia, was a long-time assistant at Wake Forest University, including an eight-year stint for head coach Dave Odom. He has also been on the coaching staffs of California, James Madison and South Carolina during his career.

Nestor began his head coaching career at John D. Bassett High School in Bassett, Virginia, where he coached from 1970 to 1976. For 14 seasons 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, and reached the final eight of the 1996 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament in his time there. In addition, the team won the National Invitation Tournament in 2000. The U.S. 1996 William Jones Cup team was coached by Nestor.

From May 12, 1988 to March 8, 1993, Nestor was head coach at George Mason University.