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  • ️Sat Jan 23 2010

Official Name: 

Nicholls State University

Mailing Address: 

Post Office Box 2032
Thibodaux, LA 70310

Arena: 

David Stopher Gymnasium
Capacity: 3,800
Year Opened: 1967

Final NCAA Division II Top 10 Rankings: 

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Don Landry (13 years from 1967-79, 173-156 record when school was classified as a small college, .526)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Larry Wilson (2,569 points from 1976-79 when school was classified as a small college)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Anatoly Bose* (46 at Northwestern State in 2OT)
January 23, 2010 (junior/21.1 ppg)
*School Division I record. All-time Nicholls State mark set by Larry Wilson (48 vs. Jacksonville, Ala., State on 2-12-79).

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Billy A. Key

1

1964

12-14

.462

1964

12-14

Don Landry

13

1967-79

173-156

.526

1976

22-4

Jerry Sanders

2

1980-81

24-30

.444

1980

18-8

Gordon Stauffer

9

1982-90

101-142

.416

1985

17-10

Rickey Broussard

12

1991-2002

164-198

.453

1995

24-6

Ricky Blanton

2

2003-04

9-46

.164

2004

6-21

John-Paul "J.P." Piper

7

2005-11

78-126

.382

2009

20-11
  • All-Time W-L Record: 544-697 (.438) from 1964 through 2011.
  • NOTE: Nicholls State (LA) moved up to major-college status in 1981 after originally being founded as a junior college.