Coach Gregg Nibert spent 28 years as the Head Coach of the  Presbyterian College

men’s basketball team. The winningest coach in the program’s history, Nibert led the

Blue Hose to over 400 wins during his 28 years at the helm.   Nibert saw the Bluehose

through the transition from NAIA to Division II to Division I and the Blue Hose were

competitive early after making the jump as they registered wins over a 20th-ranked

Cincinnati team, as well as, Auburn and Wake Forest.  Through the transition to

Division I, Nibert let his team through a couple seasons filled with tremendous

opponents like Duke, Kansas, Marquette, Georgia Tech, 

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Nibert, a 1979 graduate of Marietta College, began his coaching career at Rice

University where he served as an assistant coach under Mike Schuler, who would

later earn NBA Coach of the Year honors with the Portland Trailblazers. In 1981,

Nibert moved with fellow Owl aide Butch Estes to Clinton, S.C., when Estes accepted

Presbyterian’s head coaching job. The Blue Hose would record a 57-35 ledger over

the next three seasons, including a pair of 20-win campaigns.

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Nibert then moved to Furman University as a part-time assistant coach under Paladin mentor Gene Davis. One year later, Estes took Davis’ spot at the helm of Furman’s program and Nibert was shifted to the full-time assistant’s post, a slot he would man until being named Presbyterian’s 17th head basketball coach on April 26, 1989.

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While a student-athlete at Marietta, Nibert, a native of Grove City, Ohio, earned Most Improved Player honors during his junior season and was named the team’s Most Valuable Player following his senior campaign.

Nibert is married to the former Peggy Harling of Simpsonville, S.C., and the couple has two sons, Shaun and Van. Van has married a PC grad, Alex Price and they had their first child in 2025.

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