Cowboy Assistant Nick Whitmore Invited to NXT Up Rising Stars Power Lunch

Event will take place in San Antonio During Final Four

LARAMIE, Wyo. (Feb. 13, 2025) – Cowboy basketball assistant coach Nick Whitmore was selected to attend the Silver Waves Media Next Up Power Lunch at the NCAA Final Four in San Antonio, Texas. Whitmore is in his second season on staff with the Cowboys.

Last season, Whitmore helped mentor Sam Griffin to All-MW honors. Griffin was named Third Team All-Mountain West by the media and Honorable Mention by the league coaches. He led the Cowboys in scoring last season at 16.9 points per game. He also led the team in assists with 3.4 per night. Griffin ranked in the top-five of the conference with 76 made three pointers. He along with fellow guard Akuel Kot signed professional contracts in Europe.

Whitmore came to Wyoming after serving as head coach at the Prep School level for nearly a decade producing 39 Division I players and one First Round NBA Draft pick. He has also coached 30 players that have gone to play professionally including a First Round NBA talent and recruited players from 11 different countries.
 
Whitmore has been the head coach at the Asheville School in Ashville, N.C. since 2019. He led Asheville to three-straight titles and attracted the first Top-100 player in school history. Whitmore is one of the top recruiters of national and international talent attracting National Team players from Turkey, Greece, Germany, France, Latvia Puerto Rico, United States, and the Netherlands.
 
He spent sent six years coaching at the New Hampton School one of the nation’s top prep programs. His teams were consistently in the Top-10 in the nation and were ranked as high as second. He reached the NEPSAC AAA Title game in just his second season at the helm of the program.
 
Whitmore spent time at the University of San Francisco as the director of operations from 2012-14. The Dons earned a second seed in the National Invitational Tournament after finishing second in the WCC. He also spent the previous two seasons on the staff as a volunteer assistant.
 
He also spent time at the Drew School in San Francisco as the head coach. He helped lead the team to their best season in 25 years.
 
Whitmore is a graduate of Boise State University and earned his master’s degree from Middlebury College in Vermont. He was a student assistant while at Boise State.
 
His father Bill was a long-time basketball coach spending time as the head coach at the University of Vermont.