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Carl Nash bio

Entering his 10th season on the Georgia Southern coaching staff, associate head coach Carl Nash has established himself as one of the premier assistant coaches in the Southern Conference.

The former head coach and athletic director at Chipola (Fla.) Junior College from 1996-99, Nash accepted head coach Jeff Price's offer to join the Eagle coaching staff on April 1, 1999 and was elevated to the role of associate head coach on August 14, 2000.

Nash also assists in recruiting and scheduling.

Nash, who works extensively with the Eagle post players, helped develop forward Kashien Latham into an all-Southern Conference performer in 2000-01, while forward Frank Bennett was named to the league's All-Freshman team that same season. Under Nash's tutelage, Bennett would go on to earn All-SoCon honors as a senior in 2003-04. Nash also coached Hamp Jones, who earned all-conference distinction during the 1999-00 season.

Nash's work has also paid off with Louis Graham, who in three seasons has made his mark on the shot blocking section of the GSU record book, breaking the single-season mark with 50 in his freshman campaign, then breaking the school's career record in 2006.  Graham was named to the conference's all-freshman team in 2004-05 and was voted to the SoCon's all-league teams after the 2006, 2007 and 2008 seasons.

Graham ended his career first in blocks and third in rebounds in school history and was named the State of Georgia Men's College Player of the Year by the Atlanta Tip-Off Club after his senior season.

In his three seasons at Chipola Junior College, Nash posted a 59-29 record and coached three consecutive Panhandle Conference MVP's: Chris Porter in 1997 and 1998 and Clyde Ellis in 1999.

Previously, Nash served two years as an assistant at Auburn and one at Clemson, serving as top assistant coach, recruiter, leader of the teams' preseason conditioning program and director of the basketball camps. While Nash was at Auburn, the Tigers advanced to the NIT twice and had a pair of winning seasons. He also helped guide Clemson to an NIT quarterfinal appearance in 1994.

Nash coached at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Ala., from 1986-1993, averaging 20 wins a season from 1988-93 while handling head coach and athletic director duties. He led Spring Hill to the NAIA District 30 championship in both 1992 and 1993 and was named District 30 Coach of the Year each of those seasons. Nash's 1993 squad claimed the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference title and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NAIA National Tournament in both '92 and '93.

Following the '92 season, he was named the Alabama Small College Coach of the Year and received the Alabama Basketball Coaches Association Award. In '93, he was selected the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Coach of the Year.

At Spring Hill, Nash coached five athletes who were named NAIA Scholar Athletes. He also coached two NAIA All-Americans and five of his players went on to play professional basketball. He left the school as Spring Hill's winningest coach.

The Del Norte, Colo., native also served as an assistant coach at Spring Hill for three seasons (1984-85, 1986-87 and 1987-88). In 1985-86, he was head coach for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He guided the team to a 27 -7 record, won Coach of the Year honors, and captured the Ramadan Game Championship.

Nash began his coaching career as an assistant basketball coach at Farmington (N.M.) High School in 1982-83 before becoming the assistant basketball and baseball coach at Durango (Colo.) High School for the 1983-84 season.

A 1982 Fort Lewis College graduate, Nash attended Colorado State in 1978. After being sidelined for an entire season with a serious knee injury, Nash transferred to Fort Lewis to concentrate on basketball in 1979. He earned his master's degree in sports science from the United States Sports Academy in 1985.

A 1978 graduate of Del Norte (Colo.) High School, Nash lettered four years in baseball and two each in basketball and football.

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