| Gene Nicholson | |
| Birth Date: | 14 June 1941 |
| Birth Place: | Mullins, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Sharon, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1962–1963 |
| Player Team2: | Slippery Rock |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1964–1966 |
| Coach Team2: | Wilmington Area HS (PA) (assistant) |
| Coach Years3: | 1967–1968 |
| Coach Team3: | Wilmington Area HS (PA) |
| Coach Years4: | 1969–1971 |
| Coach Team4: | Westminster (PA) (assistant) |
| Coach Years5: | 1972–1990 |
| Coach Team5: | Westminster (PA) (DC) |
| Coach Years6: | 1991–1998 |
| Coach Team6: | Westminster (PA) |
| Coach Sport7: | Golf |
| Coach Years8: | 2001–2013 |
| Coach Team8: | Westminster (PA) |
| Overall Record: | 64–25–2 (college football) |
| Tournament Record: | Football 9–5 (NAIA playoffs) |
| Championships: | Football 1 NAIA Division II (1994) 2 MSFA Mideast (1994, 1996) |
| Awards: | Football NAIA Division II Coach of the Year (1994) |
B. Eugene Nicholson (June 14, 1941 – December 30, 2019) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania from 1991 to 1998, compiling and record of 64–25–2 and winning the NAIA Division II Football National Championship in 1994. Nicholson began his coaching career in 1964 at Wilmington Area High School in New Wilmington as an assistant under Joe Fusco before succeeding him as head coach in 1967. After two seasons as head coach at Wilmington, Fusco moved on to Westminster College as an assistant under Harold Burry, rejoining Fusco, who was also an assistant to Burry.[1] Nicholson was the head men's golf coach at Westminster for 13 seasons until his retirement in 2013. He was also the head coach of the school's swimming, tennis, wrestling, and track teams.[2]
Nicholson was born on June 14, 1941, in Mullins, South Carolina. He spent his childhood in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Germany, and Brentwood, Pennsylvania, graduating in 1959 from Brentwood High School. Nicholson died on December 30, 2019, at Sharon Regional Medical Center in Sharon, Pennsylvania.[3] [4]