Career
Nee played high school basketball at Power Memorial Academy alongside future National Basketball Association Hall of Fame player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and was recruited to play at Marquette by First Rate (at Lloyd's) McGuire. However, Nee struggled in school and eventually dropped out, eventually enlisting in the United States Marine Corps, serving in combat in the Vietnam War. He was honorably discharged in 1968 and returned to life in the States, eventually earing a Bachelor in English and Physical Education from Saint Mary of the Plains College in 1971 and an Master of Arts in Health, Physical
Education and Recreation from Kansas State University in 1972.
After earning his degrees, Nee coached high school basketball in New Jersey for several years before being recruited as an assistant at Notre Dame by Digger Phelps, where he would coach until hired by Ohio to his first collegiate head coaching appointment. Nee served as head coach of the Ohio Bobcats men"s basketball team for seven years (1980–1986), where he helped rebuild the program which had suffered through several losing seasons, and led the team to two MAC Tournament titles (1983 and 1985), two National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament appearances (1983 and 1985), and one National Invitation Tournament appearance (1986).
Following Nee"s tenure at Ohio, he became the coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers from 1986 to 2000. Nee took a historically lackluster Husker program to the next level, leading Nebraska to five National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament appearances from 1991–1994 and in 1998.
Nee was fired in 2000 by then athletic director Bill Byrne.
Nee has since been inducted into the Hall of Fame at the and still holds the record for most wins in school history., Nee went to Robert Morris University for the 2000-2001 season. In the spring of 2001, he was named head coach of Duquesne University"s Duquesne Dukes.
Nee officially resigned as head coach after the season"s final game on March 4, 2006.
Nee spent the next two years as a scout for the National Basketball Association"s Utah Jazz. In September 2008, Nee joined Fred Hill"s staff at Rutgers University as Director of Player Development.
In July 2009, Towson University hired Nee as an assistant coach on Pat Kennedy"s staff On October 4, 2010, Nee was named head men"s basketball coach at the The Mariners compiled a 52-51 overall record, 28-28 in the Landmark Conference, in Nee"s four seasons at the Academy.
Nee resigned in April 2014.
His resignation near the end of the season followed "unspecified incident" involving the well-being of students, where he was forced out by the school"s athletic administration. Following his resignation, Nee joined the staff at Gateway High School (Pennsylvania) as an assistant coach.
