Ernie Nestor, a longtime assistant basketball coach at Wake Forest, has died

Basketball world mourns loss of former Wake Forest assistant, Elon head coach Ernie Nestor

Nestor also served as the head coach of Elon from 2003-09.

Ernie Nestor, a longtime assistant basketball coach at Wake Forest, has died

Nestor also was the head coach at Elon in the early 2000's, and coached at Wake Forest three different times.

George Mason Athletics Mourns The Loss of Former Men’s Basketball Head Coach Ernie Nestor - George Mason University Athletics

Former George Mason University men's basketball coach Ernie Nestor has passed away at the age of 78.

Former Elon coach Ernie Nestor dies at age 78

By Bob Sutton Special to The Alamance News Ernie Nestor, who coached the Elon men’s basketball team for six seasons in the early 2000s, died Sunday at age 78. Nestor’s Elon teams played in the Southern Conference, going 67-117 overall and 39-61 in league play. His best season with the Phoenix came in 2005-06, when Elon reached the Southern Conference Tournament final and lost to Davidson and future NBA star Stephen Curry. Nestor was dismissed fr…