Nick Arnold, a 2018 graduate of SUNY Plattsburgh, will return to Plattsburgh State as he has been named the assistant men’s basketball coach at Plattsburgh State, the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation announced.
“I am very excited to be adding Nick Arnold to our coaching staff. He is well known throughout the North Country coaching community,” head men’s basketball coach Mike Blaine said, “As a proud SUNY Plattsburgh alum, Nick knows the first class experience we can offer to our student-athletes. He has impressed me with his passion for helping others. I believe Nick will be an outstanding addition to our program.”
Arnold was most recently at North County Community College as an assistant coach on the men’s basketball team. At NCCC, Arnold helped coach the team to a winning season and Region 3 Quarterfinal appearance. Since his graduation from Plattsburgh, he was also the head coach of the girls’ varsity basketball team at Willsboro Central School. There, Arnold helped facilitate the learning and player development of his athletes while also increasing the program’s winning percentage over three consecutive seasons. As well as being the girls’ varsity head coach, Arnold served as a full-time substitute teacher in the Willsboro Central School.
Arnold also worked as a volunteer soccer and basketball coach at Willsboro Youth Commission, where he helped coach kids in fifth and sixth grades for basketball. He also served as an assistant coach of both the boys and girls varsity soccer teams at Willsboro Central School, assisting with daily practices.
Arnold graduated in 2015 with his associate’s degree in humanities and social science from Clinton Community College and completed his bachelor’s degree at SUNY Plattsburgh in 2018, where he earned a degree in Business Administration.
Arnold named Assistant Basketball Coach at SUNY Plattsburgh
