Abraham Lincoln High School
Home of the 2007 and 2008 Colorado 4A State Champions
Coaching Staff
Vince ValdezVarsity Head Coach
Home Town: Denver, Colorado
Coaching Experience: 14 years
Alma Mater: Metro State College of Denver
University of Phoenix, M.A.
2008 Mile High Magazine Coach of the Year
2008 Denver Post Colorado Coach of the Year
2008 Denver Post 4A Coach of the Year
2008 DPS Coach of the Year
2007 Rocky Mountain News Colorado Coach of the Year
2007 Rocky Mountain News 4A Coach of the Year
2007 Denver Post 4A Coach of the Year
2001 DPS Coach of the year.
Vince currently resides in Denver, Colorado with his wife Kaili and son Vincent Michael. Vince is a physical education teacher at Abraham Lincoln. He graduated from Lincoln in 1992. While he was at Lincoln he played basketball and baseball all four years. Vince attended Ottawa College where he played both basketball and baseball for two years. He then returned to Colorado and completed his Bachelor of Arts in History at Metro State College of Denver and his Master of Arts in Education at the University of Phoenix. When he isn't coaching Vince enjoys closely following college basketball and spending time with his family. Vince has been the head coach at Lincoln for 12 years, he was hired as the youngest head coach in DPS history at the young age of 23.
Eric NicholsonVarsity Assistant
Home Town: Denver, Colorado
Coaching Experience: 9 years
Alma Mater: University of Northern Colorado
University of Phoenix, M.A.
Eric resides in Denver, Colorado with his wife Samar, sons Andrew and Aiden and daughter Jesselin. He is a physical education teacher at Abraham Lincoln. Along with basketball, Eric serves as boys and girls tennis head coach at Abraham Lincoln. Eric played four years of high school basketball at John F. Kennedy High School and one year of college basketball at Western State College. In 1993 and 1994 he was named to the All City First Team for both basketball and football. When he isn't coacing Eric enjoys following Colorado sports at the college and pro levels.
