It’s been quite a week for a coaching lifer. On Saturday Nick Nurse – who has spent more than 30 years on benches all across the world at 54 years old – was in Durham, North Carolina to watch Duke legend Mike Krzyzewski make his final appearance at Cameron Indoor Stadium after 42 years at the helm of (arguably) the most successful program in U.S. college basketball as he plans to retire at age 75. And just three days later Nurse found himself at the intersection of history once again as he happened to be leading the Toronto Raptors against Gregg Popovich as the San Antonio Spurs head coach was one win away from setting the all-time record for wins, a journey the Spurs bench boss began when he was 48 years old in 1996-97, and that is still unfolding 26 years later at age 73. Nurse hasn’t taken his detour through history for granted. Few NBA coaches come from more humble beginnings – Nurse’s journey began as a twenty-something player-coach for the Derby Rams of the British Basketb...