[3] Nestor, a native of Philippi, West Virginia,[1][4] was a long-time assistant at Wake Forest University, including an eight-year stint for head coach Dave Odom.
[5] For 14 seasons (1979–1985, 1993–2001) Nestor served as a Wake Forest assistant; Odom was the head coach during his second of two stints.
[11] He resigned after five years and a 68–81 record at George Mason before joining Odom on his staff at Wake Forest in 1993.
[6][12] Nestor's 2008 Elon team, the seventh seed in the Southern Conference postseason tournament, made it to the finals, where Davidson defeated them.
[3] He served as a scout for the NBA's New Jersey Nets from 2009 to 2010 before returning to the college ranks as Director of Basketball Operations for Penn State for the 2010–11 season.