Nick Whitrow

Nick Whitrow is the Head Coach at Belmont Abbey. He serves as a coach for Nike Rugby Camps.

A USA Rugby level 300 coach, Whitrow has been in coaching since 1998, most recently at Charlotte Catholic, where he serves as head coach and as a learning support specialist. He was the head coach for the Clemson men’s team from 2013-16 and still serves as an adjunct instructor in the Athletic Leadership Department. From 2016-18, he also helped reestablish the Clemson women’s program, finishing ninth nationally in Division 2 before returning them to Division 1 Rugby and competing in two Collegiate Rugby Championships.

Over the last several years, Whitrow has been heavily involved in youth rugby in the Carolinas region acting as head coach for the South Carolina Select side in 2016 and the North Carolina All-Stars in 2019, winning the bowl and South Championship, respectively, with those teams. He has created an academy for the elite youth rugby players in Carolinas region, taking a team to the high school bracket of the Collegiate Rugby Championships (CRC) where the team went finished ninth at 2-3. He also worked with the High School All-American Boys team from 2010-12