Nick Mora joins the Independence Men's Basketball Program as Assistant Coach. Mora was previously an Assistant Coach at Kilgore College 2022-2023. During this season, Kilgore won 21 games and finished in the semi-finals of the Region XIV tournament. At Kilgore, he coached 3 All-Conference players including 1 NJCAA All-American. Before Kilgore, Nick was an Assistant Coach at Texas A&M International University 2021-2022.  During this season, TAMIU saw its best start in program history and a win improvement of 12 games from the previous year. At TAMIU, he coached 2 All-Conference players.

He played at UTRGV from 2016-2021.  Nick was a member of the '18-'19 20-Win season, where the school saw its first D1 post-season win in program history.

Mora obtained a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and a Master of Science in Kinesiology Concentration in Sports Management from UTRGV. He earned numerous awards at UTRGV, including the UTRGV Athletic Director's Honor Roll (5x), The Rider's Athlete of the Week, National Association of Basketball Coaches Honor's Court, SOCIALIFE Magazine Hidalgo County Edition Cover Athletes, UTRGV Athletics Iron V Award and the UTRGV Athletics Mr. V Award. His work in the community has been impactful as well, having worked with the Children's Hospital Fall Festival in Edinburg, Texas, and the Special Olympics in Weslaco, Texas multiple times each. He also volunteered at the Edinburg Boys and Girls Club.