Nick holds a BA degree in Physical Education with a Coaching minor from the University of Northern Iowa, graduating in 2007. Upon graduation, he started his teaching career at Iowa Valley Elementary in Marengo, IA. He was the Kindergarten-6th grade Physical Education teacher at Iowa Valley Community School District. Nick was named the “Coach of the Year” in the SICL Conference after winning 2 consecutive conference softball championships while at Iowa Valley. Urbandale has made it to the state tournament 4 out of those 6 years and in his first season as head coach won the first conference championship for Urbandale since the 1990’s.