Nick Graham

University of Central Oklahoma Athletics

Title

Assistant Football Coach/Defensive Backs
Email

ngraham7@uco.edu
Phone

405-974-3431

Entering his third year as an assistant coach at Central Oklahoma is Nick Graham, a former Division I standout who went on to play several years of professional football.

Graham, coaches defensive backs for the Bronchos, and came to UCO after three years as an assistant at Tulsa. Graham served as a student assistant coach for the Golden Hurricane in 2013 before spending the 2014 and 2015 seasons as defensive analyst.

Nick was a prep standout at Millwood High School in Oklahoma City before going on to a stellar four-year career at TU, earning second-team All-Conference USA honors twice. He started in 30 of 50 games played with the Golden Hurricane and finished with 180 tackles, 20 broken up passes, seven interceptions, 8.0 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks and two forced fumbles.

Graham played six years of professional football after leaving TU, spending the first three years in the National Football League with the Philadelphia Eagles and Indianapolis Colts. He was out of football for a year before returning to play three years in the Canadian Football League with the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Hamilton Tiger-cats.

Graham retired in 2013 and returned to TU to complete his degree in communications and start his coaching career.

Nick is married (Candice) and has three children (Jaliyah, Nicholas and Jamison).