Coaches
Derek Nicholson
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Derek Nicholson
Played at Florida State 2005-2008
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Oak Ridge Military Academy (NC) (unknown) | DC | DC | not known |
| 2012 | Maclay (FL) (unknown) | DC | DC | not known |
| 2013 | Akron | Position | LB | Terry Bowden |
| 2014 | Louisville | Position | OLB/DE | Bobby Petrino |
| 2015 | Alcorn State | Position | DL | not known |
| 2016-2017 | Southern Miss | Position | DL | Jay Hopson |
| 2018-2019 | Southern Miss | DC | co-DC/LB✓ | Jay Hopson |
| 2020-2022 | Louisville | Position | ILB | Scott Satterfield* |
| 2023 | Miami | Position | LB | Mario Cristobal*+ |
| 2024 | Miami | DC | co-DC/LB✓ | Mario Cristobal*+ |
| 2025- | Missouri | Position | LB | Eli Drinkwitz*+ |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Southern Miss | Co-defensive coordinator | 6 | 18 | 2 | 30 | 130 |
| 2019 | Southern Miss | Co-defensive coordinator | 59 | 53 | 31 | 6 | 130 |
| 2024 | Miami | Co-defensive coordinator | 57 | 79 | 16 | 41 | 134 |
Worked under
- Terry Bowden · Akron 2013 (Position)
- Bobby Petrino · Louisville 2014 (Position)
- Jay Hopson · Southern Miss 2016-2019 (DC, Position)
- Scott Satterfield* · Louisville 2020-2022 (Position)
- Mario Cristobal*+ · Miami 2023-2024 (DC, Position)
- Eli Drinkwitz*+ · Missouri 2025-2026 (Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- A. J. Milwee · Akron 2013 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Chuck Amato · Akron 2013 · him Position, them DC, Other
- Jeff Bowden · Akron 2013 · him Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Terrell Buckley · Akron 2013 · him Position, them Position
- Terry Bowden · Akron 2013 · him Position, them Head coach
- Todd Stroud · Akron 2013 · him Position, them Position
- Trenton Boykin · Akron 2013 · him Position, them Position
- Bobby Petrino · Louisville 2014 · him Position, them Head coach
- Garrick McGee · Louisville 2014 · him Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Greg Brown · Louisville 2014 · him Position, them Position
- Kolby Smith · Louisville 2014 · him Position, them Position
- Nick Petrino · Louisville 2014 · him Position, them GA
- Ryan Beard* · Louisville 2014 · him Position, them Analyst
- Terrell Buckley · Louisville 2014 · him Position, them Position
- Todd Grantham · Louisville 2014 · him Position, them DC, Other, Position
- Will Stein*+ · Louisville 2014 · him Position, them Analyst
- Cedric Thomas · Alcorn State 2015 · him Position, them Position
- Fred McNair · Alcorn State 2015 · him Position, them Position
- Jay Hopson · Alcorn State 2015 · him Position, them Head coach
- Ryan Stanchek · Alcorn State 2015 · him Position, them Position
- Shannon Harris · Alcorn State 2015 · him Position, them Position
- Jay Hopson · Southern Miss 2016-2019 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Shannon Dawson · Southern Miss 2016-2018 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Tim Billings · Southern Miss 2016-2019 · him DC, Position, them DC, Other, Position
- Tony Pecoraro · Southern Miss 2016-2017 · him Position, them DC
- Akeem Davis · Southern Miss 2017-2019 · him DC, Position, them GA, Position
- Scotty Walden* · Southern Miss 2017-2019 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Les Koenning · Southern Miss 2018 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Reed Stringer · Southern Miss 2018-2019 · him DC, Position, them Analyst, Position
- Buster Faulkner · Southern Miss 2019 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Ryan Stanchek · Southern Miss 2019 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Bryan Brown · Louisville 2020-2022 · him Position, them DC, Other, Position
- Dwayne Ledford · Louisville 2020 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Frank Ponce · Louisville 2020 · him Position, them Position
- Gunter Brewer · Louisville 2020-2021 · him Position, them Position
- Mark Ivey · Louisville 2020-2022 · him Position, them Position
- Pete Thomas · Louisville 2020-2022 · him Position, them Analyst, Position
- Scott Satterfield* · Louisville 2020-2022 · him Position, them Head coach
- Cort Dennison · Louisville 2021 · him Position, them DC
- Greg Gasparato · Louisville 2021-2022 · him Position, them Position
- Jack Bicknell · Louisville 2021 · him Position, them Position
- Deion Branch · Louisville 2022 · him Position, them Head coach
- Lance Taylor* · Louisville 2022 · him Position, them OC
- Wesley McGriff · Louisville 2022 · him Position, them DC
- Jahmile Addae · Miami 2023 · him Position, them Position
- Joe Salave'a · Miami 2023-2024 · him DC, Position, them Other, Position
- Lance Guidry · Miami 2023-2024 · him DC, Position, them DC
- Mario Cristobal*+ · Miami 2023-2024 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Shannon Dawson · Miami 2023-2024 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Tim Harris Jr. · Miami 2023 · him Position, them Position
- Chris Ball · Missouri 2025-2026 · him Position, them Analyst
- Corey Batoon · Missouri 2025-2026 · him Position, them DC
- Curtis Luper · Missouri 2025-2026 · him Position, them Position
- David Blackwell · Missouri 2025-2026 · him Position, them Position
- Eli Drinkwitz*+ · Missouri 2025-2026 · him Position, them Head coach
- Jacob Yoro · Missouri 2025-2026 · him Position, them Position
- Kirby Moore* · Missouri 2025 · him Position, them OC
- Sean Gleeson · Missouri 2025 · him Position, them Position
- Alex Atkins · Missouri 2026 · him Position, them Position
- Chip Lindsey · Missouri 2026 · him Position, them OC
- Garrett Riley · Missouri 2026 · him Position, them Position
- John Papuchis · Missouri 2026 · him Position, them Analyst, ST coord.
Played together
- Ernie Sims · Florida State 2005