Don Nichter

17 Reviews
Overall Recommendation
94%
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Dickinson College - Carlisle, PA

Men's Cross Country Head Coach, Men's Track & Field Head Coach
Division: NCAA DIII
Conference: Centennial

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4.4
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Honest
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Men's Cross Country Head Coach

Roll Devs!

Date: July 25, 2022
By Athlete
4.6
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I am on the womens cross country & track team and a huge part of the reason why I chose Dickinson was because of Coach Nichter. My experience so far has been good, however I will note that Coach is pretty old school. He expects you to constantly be at your best, no BS. I have had issues with him understanding/respecting mental health, burn out, etc...but as we've had a few incidents on our team already, I think he's starting to come to terms, and it's a work in progress for sure. He's incredibly knowledgeable, and if you are an easily "coachable" athlete, you will see exceptional results. I have never ran as fast as I have with Coach Nichter! He is so knowledgeable and passionate about what hes doing. If you are equally passionate about xc and/or track, you will love being on the team.
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Men's Cross Country Head Coach

Roll Devs!

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I am on the womens cross country & track team and a huge part of the reason why I chose Dickinson was because of Coach Nichter. My experience so far has been good, however I will note that Coach is pretty old school. He expects you to constantly be at your best, no BS. I have had issues with him understanding/respecting mental health, burn out, etc...but as we've had a few incidents on our team already, I think he's starting to come to terms, and it's a work in progress for sure. He's incredibly knowledgeable, and if you are an easily "coachable" athlete, you will see exceptional results. I have never ran as fast as I have with Coach Nichter! He is so knowledgeable and passionate about what hes doing. If you are equally passionate about xc and/or track, you will love being on the team.
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Men's Cross Country Head Coach

Passionate

Date: July 21, 2022
By Athlete
4.6
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Great coach all around, loves the game and wants to see his athletes do well in their events. Has loads of experience as well.
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Men's Cross Country Head Coach

Passionate

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Great coach all around, loves the game and wants to see his athletes do well in their events. Has loads of experience as well.
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Men's Track & Field Head Coach

Nichter is intense but contagiously passionate and always believes in you

Date: July 20, 2022
By Athlete
4.2
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Nichter is a great coach. Sometimes he gets caught up in successes of his athletes and tries to push everyone towards a boundary that might overlap with school, but he is a great communicator, listens and works with athletes to achieve their personal goals as well as have fun with it
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Men's Track & Field Head Coach

Nichter is intense but contagiously passionate and always believes in you

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Nichter is a great coach. Sometimes he gets caught up in successes of his athletes and tries to push everyone towards a boundary that might overlap with school, but he is a great communicator, listens and works with athletes to achieve their personal goals as well as have fun with it
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Men's Cross Country Head Coach

The team is super close and coach nichter is super passionate about the program

Date: July 20, 2022
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4.6
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Coach Nichter has built an amazing program!! The team is super close and everyone works hard to push each other. Coach Nichter is also very passionate about the program and dedicates most of his time to making building the program and making sure his athletes are ok
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4.6
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Men's Cross Country Head Coach

The team is super close and coach nichter is super passionate about the program

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Coach Nichter has built an amazing program!! The team is super close and everyone works hard to push each other. Coach Nichter is also very passionate about the program and dedicates most of his time to making building the program and making sure his athletes are ok
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Men's Cross Country Head Coach

Coach Nichter

Date: July 20, 2022
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4.6
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Coach nichter has been a coach for a very long time and is very passionate about the sport and very knowledgeable about running. He truly cares.
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Men's Cross Country Head Coach

Coach Nichter

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Coach nichter has been a coach for a very long time and is very passionate about the sport and very knowledgeable about running. He truly cares.
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Men's Cross Country/Track & Field Head Coach

Date: October 17, 2018
By Verified Athlete
4.2
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If you're motivated to be better, Nichter will help you get as far as you possibly can in the sport.
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Date: October 17, 2018
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If you're motivated to be better, Nichter will help you get as far as you possibly can in the sport.
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Men's Cross Country/Track & Field Head Coach

Date: October 17, 2018
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4.2
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4.2
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Date: October 17, 2018
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Date: October 17, 2018
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Date: October 17, 2018
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Date: October 17, 2018
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Date: October 17, 2018
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Date: October 17, 2018
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Great guy who cares about his team
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Date: October 17, 2018
By Verified Athlete
Great guy who cares about his team
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Men's Cross Country/Track & Field Head Coach

Date: October 17, 2018
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4.4
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A great guy who cares about his team
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4.4
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Date: October 17, 2018
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A great guy who cares about his team
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Date: October 17, 2018
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4.4
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A great guy who cares about his team
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4.4
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Date: October 17, 2018
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A great guy who cares about his team
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Men's Cross Country/Track & Field Head Coach

Date: October 17, 2018
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4.8
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Nichter has led the Dickinson XCTF program to be one of the most successful in the conference, and a notable program in national rankings. As a D3 coach he prioritizes academics while expecting his athletes to be dedicated to athletics as well. It's a big team so he holds office hours during the day to discuss training. He's smart but intense.
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Date: October 17, 2018
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Nichter has led the Dickinson XCTF program to be one of the most successful in the conference, and a notable program in national rankings. As a D3 coach he prioritizes academics while expecting his athletes to be dedicated to athletics as well. It's a big team so he holds office hours during the day to discuss training. He's smart but intense.
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Date: October 17, 2018
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4.8
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Nichter has led the Dickinson XCTF program to be one of the most successful in the conference, and a notable program in national rankings. As a D3 coach he prioritizes academics while expecting his athletes to be dedicated to athletics as well. It's a big team so he holds office hours during the day to discuss training. He's smart but intense.
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4.8
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Date: October 17, 2018
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Nichter has led the Dickinson XCTF program to be one of the most successful in the conference, and a notable program in national rankings. As a D3 coach he prioritizes academics while expecting his athletes to be dedicated to athletics as well. It's a big team so he holds office hours during the day to discuss training. He's smart but intense.
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Date: October 17, 2018
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4.2
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Date: October 17, 2018
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Men's Cross Country/Track & Field Head Coach

Date: October 16, 2018
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4.2
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Nichter is very kind and cares a lot about his team. He is a distance coach, however, so as a non-distance athlete there is occasionally some disconnect between the groups, but we have some great assistant coaches that we can always rely on to keep training and competition running smoothly.
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Date: October 16, 2018
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Nichter is very kind and cares a lot about his team. He is a distance coach, however, so as a non-distance athlete there is occasionally some disconnect between the groups, but we have some great assistant coaches that we can always rely on to keep training and competition running smoothly.
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Men's Cross Country/Track & Field Head Coach

Date: July 3, 2018
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2.8
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Coach Nichter is extremely disconnected from the sprint program. The success of the sprint crew is secondary to that of the distance team. Coming from a cohesive and competitive D1 team in high school, I was let down by the lack of unison of the team and the underwhelming standards.
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2.8
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Date: July 3, 2018
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Coach Nichter is extremely disconnected from the sprint program. The success of the sprint crew is secondary to that of the distance team. Coming from a cohesive and competitive D1 team in high school, I was let down by the lack of unison of the team and the underwhelming standards.
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