[2] Nichols now is a performance coach on the staff of Saint Joseph's University's field hockey team.

She dropped soccer to concentrate on hockey before graduating from Salem High School in 2003.

[5] Nichols played varsity field hockey on the Lady Monarchs for four years at Old Dominion University.

[6] Nichols was the head coach of the Columbia Field Hockey Team from 2015 to 2019 where she amassed a win percentage of 0.4875.

[7] From January to June 2020, Nichols was the interim head coach of the United States women's national field hockey team.