College Coaching Career
Next, Nessman coached basketball at the community college level. From 1993 to 2001, Nessman coached basketball at Porterville College. During his eight seasons there, the team went 183-72, including a 33-4 state championship season in 2000, when Nessman was named California Community College Coach of the Year. Porterville had a 40-game win streak from January 2000 to February 2001. Nessman left the coaching position to become an academic advisor for athletics from 2001 to 2002 and then became head basketball coach of Bakersfield College for two years until 2004. Bakersfield went 30-32 under Nessman.
Nessman returned to his alma mater UC Berkeley for the 2004-2005 to be an assistant coach and recruiter for the basketball team. San Jose State University appointed Nessman as head coach in March 2005, and Nessman is the only WAC coach with two master's degrees. The San Jose State Spartans finished the 2004-2005 season with a 6-23 overall record under coach Phil L. Johnson. Nessman's first season was the first time the Spartans signed a player from a San Francisco Bay Area high school in 21 years. The Spartans finished 2005-2006, Nessman's first season, 6-25 (2-14 in Western Athletic Conference play), and Nessman signed three more Bay Area players to the team for the following season. Although SJSU finished 2006-2007 only 5-25 (4-12 WAC), the Spartans followed up with a 13-19 (4-12) record in 2007-2008, the best team record in 14 years.
In 2008-09, Nessman led the Spartans of San Jose State University to the most WAC road victories in eight seasons.
In earning a CBI Berth 2010-11 Nessman became fourth basketball coach at San Jose State to lead the team to the post season. 17 wins for the 2010-11 season were the most for the Spartans since 1980-81.
On all levels Nessman's overall coaching record: 415-251.
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