Former OKC Storm coach Nix to lead SNU men’s, women’s programs

BETHANY, Okla. – For the past seven years Brian Nix has coached some of the greatest high school teams in the history of the state.

When all the players on his last two squads were actually available and not off playing in a national event, it’s likely few high school teams in the nation would stack up.

Alas the Oklahoma City Storm is a collection of home school athletes and not eligible to compete in the state championships held by the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Athletics Association.

Nix will not have any such restrictions on post-season play in his new job. Southern Nazarene University Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Danny Thomason last week announced the hiring of Nix as the new head coach of both the SNU men’s and women’s golf programs.

“Coach Nix has had a lot of success turning the Oklahoma City Storm golf program into a powerhouse in Oklahoma high school golf. I know he can have that same success here, but it is his ability to build relationships with our student-athletes that makes me the most excited,” said Thomason.

During Nix’s time with the OKC Storm, the boys golf program amassed 39 team victories over the last six seasons and 87 total program wins. The team has been ranked No. 1 in Oklahoma and among the top 15 nationally for two consecutive years. Nix’s squads were featured multiple times in Golf Oklahoma Magazine and The Oklahoman. His team also set an unofficial state record for the lowest 18-hole score by a high school team at 22 under-par in September 2024, before breaking its own mark with a 23-under-par performance in September 2025.

A native of northwest Oklahoma City, Nix played golf at Oklahoma Christian University from 1996-97 before transferring to the University of Central Oklahoma, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree with an emphasis in business and psychology in 1999.

Nix is also a graduate of Putnam City West High School, where he met his wife, Regan. The couple has been married since 1998. Nix has worked in private business in the Oklahoma City area for more than 20 years and has deep roots in the community.

He and his wife reside in Edmond and attend New Song Church. They have four children, Ben, Ava, Boston, and Ruby Ray, as well as a daughter-in-law, Mara, a son-in-law, Daniel, and a grandson, Bear.