Head coach- dr. Bobbie Morgan jr.

Dr. Bobbie Morgan II has completed eight seasons with Essex County College and was named Head Coach of Lincoln High School in April 2024.

Morgan came to Essex County College after two seasons as the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Bergen Community College, where in 2016 he led the Bulldogs to a 19-11 record in earning a trip to the NJCAA Region XIX Final Four, where they narrowly lost to eventual champion City College of Philadelphia.

In 2020, Morgan led the Wolverines to a 20-7 ledger accumulating an undefeated record in the Garden State Athletic Conference (8-0) and a (13-1) record in Region XIX play in route to regular season championships in both the conference and region.  The Wolverines would go on to the Region XIX championship game where they defeated rival Raritan Valley Community College by a score of 85-77.  This victory would earn the Wolverines a ticket to play for an automatic bid in the NJCAA National Tournament in the East Region B Championship where they defeated Orange County College, securing the #15 seed in the tournament which was to be played in Danville, Illinois, but because of the Corona Virus pandemic, the tournament was canceled.  Morgan would go on to be named Garden State Athletic Conference, NJCAA Region XIX, and NJCAA East District B Coach of the Year.

Morgan has Coached 11 All- Garden State Athletic Conference, and 11 All Region XIX players in his tenure as a college coach.  Morgan has also coached two Academic All-Americans in William Brown III and Koi Kirk Jr., and one GSAC Player of the Year in Etnik Peci.

In eight full seasons as a NJCAA Head Coach, Dr. Morgan’s teams have qualified for the playoffs five times, and has won a total of 92 games at the Junior College level.

Prior to coaching in the college ranks, Dr. Morgan was a high school basketball coach for 14 years, spending 12 of those years as an Assistant Coach at his alma mater Saint Aloysius High School, and perennial state powers Hudson Catholic and Marist. As a girls’ basketball head coach in 2015, Morgan led Essex County Vocational Technical (North 13^th Street Tech) to their first NJSIAA State Tournament appearance in 10 years, where they lost in the first round to eventual champion Newark Tech.

Dr. Morgan was also President of Operations for the Hudson County Bounty Hunters Semi-Professional Football Team for 8 years where he oversaw recruitment of players, designed the team website and identity, scheduled games, scheduled transportation for games, and was in charge of all forms of media releases.

As a player at now defunct Saint Aloysius High School in Jersey City, New Jersey, Morgan was the Hudson County Scoring Champion in 1993 averaging 22 points per game.  At the time of his graduation, Morgan held school records for most points scored in a quarter (20), most points scored in a half (30), most 3-pointers in a game (8), and Most 3-pointers in a season (50). After high school Morgan would then attend NAIA Division II Centenary University in 1994 where he would play for coach Cardy Gemma and average 10 points per game.

Morgan, who was born and raised in Jersey City, NJ on Virginia Avenue and Martin Luther King Drive, holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from the University of Phoenix, a Master of Arts in Teaching from Saint Peter’s University, and Doctor of Education degree from Saint Peter’s University. Dr. Morgan is a math and science teacher for the Jersey City School District.

Assistant Coach- mark nichols

Mark was a student of the Jersey City Public Schools system. He attended P.S.#34, P.S.#33, and P.S.#24.
Through his late elementary years he became more engaged in competitive sports. Basketball became
one of his main passions and would continue throughout his life. He was selected as one of 10 players to
play for the Jersey City Boys and Girls Club travel AAU Team. This team would compete on the state and
national level reaching a national ranking of #4 in the entire country. He won the prestigious award of 12
Year Old All- American at the AAU National Tournament held in Evansville, Indiana. Following that
accomplishment, he would also be awarded M.V.P of the First Annual Kids Pro-Am Tournament in
Garden City, New York, M.O.P of the Kidz Shoot-Out Tournament at Monmouth University, M.O.P. of the
St. Michaels Holiday Tournament in Union City, and M.V.P of the Battle by the Bay Tournament in
Norfolk, Virginia.

His 8 th grade year 1994, Mark Nichols moved to Carteret, New
Jersey. Although he no longer lived in Jersey City, he still kept relationships with his friends and
teammates. Moving to Carteret was a big adjustment initially, but it soon felt like home. Mr. Nichols
attended Carteret High School and became a member of the Human Relations Committee (HRC), Young
Poets Society, and was a volunteer that assisted with daily activities for community members with
disabilities. In addition to this, he also played basketball. As a member of the Carteret Ramblers, he
received Varsity letters all four years in high school, as well as awards including Most Outstanding
Athlete as a Freshman, Coaches Award as a Sophomore, and team M.V.P his Senior year of 1998. He was
selected to the Greater Middlesex Conference All- Blue Division Team, selected to the GMC Allstar
Team, and chosen as an All-Area Honorable Mention by the Star Ledger.

Sports was an important addition to his development. It taught him discipline, integrity, responsibility,
tolerance, confidence, and patience. With these tools intact, he graduated from Carteret High School
and went on to attend his first year of college at Lincoln University of Pennsylvania; one of the first
historically black universities in the country. During his time there, he would frequently visit
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to see his soon to be wife Dorothy Oge (Nichols) at the University of the Arts.
Eventually, he would find himself transferring schools after being accepted into Drexel University in
West Philadelphia. During his time at Drexel, he was a part of a group of students that developed
community outreach programs that assisted in providing tutoring services for children in West
Philadelphia. He was a founding member of the community outreach organization called Feds of Drexel
(Future Educators of Drexel). This organization offered tutoring programs, organized coalitions to
promote diversity, spearheaded food and clothing drives, mentorships, while offering opportunities for
middle school age students to get a glimpse of the college experience. Mark would graduate from
Drexel University with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education with a Concentration in Special
Education.
Following college, Mark embarked on a career in education. He was hired as a teacher of students with
special needs at Lakeview School in Edison New Jersey. He taught a diverse group of students whose
diagnoses ranged from autism to cerebral palsy. In 2007 he returned to Jersey City as a teacher at
Martin Luther King Jr. Public School #11 . In 2010 he was named the Special Education Teacher of the
Year for P.S.#11 followed by a Teacher of the Year Nomination in 2014, and Teacher of the Year Award
for the 2023-2024 academic school year.
During his years as a teacher, he was also asked to return to Carteret High School in a different capacity,
as a coach. In 2006, he joined the Carteret Rambler coaching staff with two of his former teammates.
This would be the beginning of a string of exciting years that would lead to great successes and
challenges on the basketball court. Mr. Nichols not only coached at his alma mater, Carteret High
School, but also at St. Joseph’s High School of Metuchen, New Jersey and Plainfield High School in
Plainfield, New Jersey. As a coach Mr. Nichols was a :

 4 time Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament Champion

 2 time Non- Public A Sectional Champion
 2 Time- Overall Non-Public Champion
 Tournament of Champions Winner (#1 in the State)
 2 time recipient of the NJSIAA Coaches Award

He’s Coached:
 1 Gatorade National Player of the Year
 2 Gatorade State Player of the Year
 1 Star Ledger New Jersey Player of the Year
 2 New Jersey Dunkers of the Year
 2 NCAA Men’s Final Four Participants
 2015 NBA #1 overall Draft Pick
 2016 NBA #20 overall Draft PICK
 Many players playing professionally around the WORLD
Recently, Mark Nichols was selected as an inductee into the St. Joseph’s High School Hall of Fame as
member of the coaching staff for 2013-2014 Tournament Of Champions Falcon Basketball Team.
Lastly, and most importantly, in 2008 he married his long-time girlfriend, Dorothy Oge. In 2010 she gave
birth to their first child Jordan Andrew Nichols and in 2016 Isaiah Joseph Nichols. The Nichols family
proudly encourages their children to have faith in times of discouragement, ask questions, and to take risk. They currently reside in Bound Brook, New Jersey.

assistant coach/head jv coach- michael jeter
assistant coach/head freshman coach-antoine carrington