Bill Nash enters his 18th year as the Director of the Wingate University Athletic Foundation and assistant athletic director in 2024-25. Nash was promoted to his current position in the summer of 2007.
Nash is primarily responsibility for providing strategic leadership to the fundraising and promotional activities of the Athletic Foundation, to advance the University’s intercollegiate athletics program.
He continues to develop and implement fundraising strategies to provide facility improvements, scholarship endowment and increased operating budgets. His efforts will support 875-plus Bulldog student-athletes who compete in 26 NCAA Division II sports. Wingate has won the South Atlantic Conference Echols Athletic Excellence Award for the past 16 seasons.
In addition, Nash oversees the Bulldog Club and assists in staffing its Board of Directors. He also coordinates all activities related to the University’s Sports Hall of Fame. Nash has served as chairman of the Wingate University Sports Hall of Fame committee for many years.
He also integrates fundraising activities with promotional and marketing efforts which support the University’s athletic teams. Through his close connections with both alumni and current student-athletes, Nash is responsible for developing and implementing a plan to engage and network athletic alumni.
Nash was promoted to Assistant Athletic Director during the fall of 2006. Nash’s previous assistant athletic director duties focused on the academic success of Wingate’s student-athletes.
Nash served as head baseball coach at Wingate University for 14 seasons (1994-2007). During his tenure, Nash posted a career record of 403-338-2. The Bulldogs won four South Atlantic Conference regular season titles and four Food Lion SAC tournament titles during Nash’s tenure. Wingate’s four tournament crowns are the most of any SAC school.
In addition, his Wingate teams advanced to the NCAA Division II Baseball Championships following the 1994, 1995, 1996 and 2001 seasons. In the 1994 and 1995 seasons, Wingate advanced to the championship game of the regional tournament.
In 1995, Nash was named the South Atlantic Conference Coach of the Year for leading the Bulldogs to a 46-10 record. At the time, the 46 wins were a SAC record. Also, Wingate was ranked No. 1 in the nation in the NCAA Division II poll on April 3, 1995. Nash was named the North Carolina Collegiate Baseball Coaches Association Coach of the Year in 1995.
In his 14 seasons, Nash recorded 175 SAC wins, the third most in SAC history. Also, his 403 overall victories are third on the all-time SAC charts.
After earning his AA degree from Wingate, Nash went on to Wake Forest University where he earned his BA degree in Business. He also earned an MHDL from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Following his graduation from Wake Forest, Nash got a job as the baseball and basketball coach at a private school in Wadesboro, N.C., where he served for the next three years.
In 1980, then-Wingate baseball coach Ron Christopher hired Nash for the position as assistant baseball coach. During Nash’s 11 years as an assistant coach at Wingate, the Bulldogs posted a 259-193 record and made eight NAIA District 26 playoff appearances. After Dr. Christopher retired following the 1993 season, Nash was named the head coach.
Bill Nash is the proud parent of one daughter, Niki, and two sons, David and Lucas. David Nash is a Wingate assistant baseball coach. He and his teammates won the 2021 NCAA Division II national championship.
