Scott Nichols
Scott Nichols is currently, the Director of Tennis at the Country Club of Louisiana;www.ccofla.com. He is thrilled to be back in the south on clay courts at a large facility with great members of all ages and levels. Having an indoor hard court facility as well, aids with club events and preparation for high school players and adult USTA league play, both having competition on hard courts.Scott Wilson Nichols was the Director of Tennis at the prestigious Marbella Country Club in San Juan Capistrano,California. From 2011-2013, Scott provided new growth with creative programming, club membership, junior development/usta team tennis, tennis shop sales, facility attention to detail and lastly, and most importantly, solidified a great experience for the club member. Prior to this position, Scott served as Director of Tennis at Long Cove Club on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. While on Hilton Head Island, he was also the Hilton Head Island High School Tennis Coach for the boys/girls tennis teams and the girls were state champions in 2007-2010.
Scott competes on the USTA National Senior Circuit and plays adult state and regional 5.0 team tennis. Over the course of his playing career, Scott has been consistently ranked state wide, regionally and nationally, as well as, internationally. TF # 23 Internationally and
# 1 Nationally were his highest rankings.
In 2005, Nichols was named United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) Southern Division 35 and over Player of the Year and also, was awarded the prestigious Professional Tennis Registry USPTR player of the year .
In 2004, Nichols was selected by the USTA committee, as a member of the United States Trabert Cup Team, traveling to Turkey to compete for the United States.On the road to success, Nichols attended Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina, where he played four years of varsity tennis.
At age 18, he won the Eastern Section Junior Grass Court Singles Championship. Twenty-five years later, in 2003, he won the USTA National Men’s 40s Grass Court Tennis Championship, securing his place in the International Tennis Hall of Fame archives, as a USTA national senior championship title holder. Scott has won 6 USTA National tennis balls.
- Author of the Book – “On the Other Hand”
