Kendall Nicholson joined the University of La Verne golf coaching staff in the spring of 2026.
Nicholson most recently served as the lead assistant at Lewis & Clark beginning in the fall of 2024. The 2025 Pioneers' women's team finished fifth in the Northwest Conference - their highest result since the 2018-19 campaign. The men's program placed sixth overall, which was their highest finish since 2016-17. Women's first year Ahika Jani earned Northwest Conference Rookie of the Year honors after placing second overall at the Northwest Conference Championship Tournament. Men's first year Charlie Hageman and sophomore transfer Luke Blankinship both finished in the top-five at the NWC Classic Tournament, to become the first men's golfers to finish top-5 at an NWC event since 2017.
She spent the 2023-24 season coaching at her alma mater the University of Redlands. She helped lead the Bulldogs to the NCAA Tournament where they finished in a tie for sixth overall.
Nicholson had a distinguished playing career at Redlands. Nicholson ended her five-year career with the Bulldogs as a Women's Golf Coaching Association (WGCA) Second Team All-American, the second time in her career she earned All-American honors. She earned All-Region honors for the second time in her career as a fifth-year senior and was a four-time All-SCIAC selection. Nicholson was named the SCIAC Player and Newcomer of the Year as a freshman in 2018-19. She finished her career with the fifth-best scoring average in program history (78.01) across 97 career rounds.
Over the course of her time with the Bulldogs, Redlands advanced to the National Championship Tournament four times (no tournament in 2019-20) and finished in the top-10 all four times. As a fourth-year player, Nicholson led Redlands to a program-best, second-place finish at Nationals.
