Megan Nicholas enters her second season as a volunteer assistant coach at UNCG in 2011-12.

Nicholas helped UNCG to a second-place Southern Conference finish in 2010-11, as the Spartans went 15-7 overall and 9-1 in league play. UNCG reached the SoCon Championship for the second time in three seasons and had four players earn all-conference honors.

The Covington, La., native came to UNCG after spending three seasons as a full-time assistant at Marshall. There, she helped the Thundering Herd to Conference USA tournament runner-up finishes in 2007 and 2008.

A 2006 graduate of William & Mary, Nicholas was the Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year and CAA tournament MVP for the Tribe in 2004. A four-time All-CAA selection in singles and doubles, Nicholas was an All-American in doubles in 2004 after reaching the NCAA quarterfinals. She also played in the NCAA Singles Championship that season. She was one of 25 former CAA women’s tennis players named to the league’s Silver Anniversary team in 2009.

The former Megan Muth, Nicholas is married to UNCG volleyball coach Patrick Nicholas.