Emily Nestler joined the RIT Women's Basketball coaching staff prior to the 2024-25 season.
A 2019 Brockport graduate, Nestler tallied 828 points, alongside 552 rebounds and 109 blocked shots – the second most in Golden Eagle program history. A two-time All-SUNYAC selection, she also garnered CSC Academic All-America and SUNYAC Elite 20 Award honors as a senior.
Nestler also played a season at NCAA Division II Roberts Wesleyan, helping the Redhawks to the 2015-16 National Christian College Athletic Association championship for the first time in program history.
Nestler served as an assistant coach at St. John Fisher in 2023-24 during the Cardinals’ run to a third-consecutive Empire 8 Championship and appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
Nestler is a middle school social studies teacher at Our Lady of Mercy and has also served the athletic department in a variety of roles, including modified basketball coach and a co-coach of Mercy’s strength and conditioning camp.
