Lafayette High School is now in search of a new boys’ basketball coach as Ryan Nichols has stepped down as the head coach of the Fighting Irish after just two seasons.

Nichols is leaving Lafayette to become the head boys’ basketball coach at West Platte High School.

Nichols came to LHS in 2016 after Chris Neff resigned to take the head boys’ basketball job at Staley High School.  Nichols spent the previous four years at Oak Park High School and also coached at DeKalb for three years.  He went 36-19 overall in his two season at Lafayette and 12-2 in MEC play.  The Fighting Irish captured two district championships but lost to Kearney in the Class 4 Sectional both seasons.

Nichols will try and turn around a West Platte program that struggled in 2017-2018 as the Blue Jays went just 3-20.