Career
He played college football at Indiana University and was team captain All Big 10 Honorable Mention. Harrison was drafted in the sixth round of the 1991 NFL Draft. Nolan spent 10 years as an executive in the financial services industry after his 10-year NFL career.
Harrison earned his accelerated financial planning certificate from the Arizona State University School of Global Management and Leadership in 2009.
Nolan earned his Masters of Business Administration with an emphasis in global management from University of Phoenix in January 2012. Union involvement
Nolan served as an NFL Players Association player representative and Executive Committee member during his ten-year playing career.
Towards the end of his ten-year career, Harrison spearheaded the successful effort to ban a career threatening practice called "chop blocking" in the NFL. In 2010 he was appointed as the senior director of former player services. Acting/Speaking/Television/Media
Nolan gave a moving TEDx Talk at Indiana University on heroism.
His talk was titled, "Childhood Dreams of Heroes, My Long and Winding Road" on YouTube and he discussed how his core values and views on heroism shaped his experiences from childhood, through college, to adulthood, enabling him to take a stand where some might not have to stop a sexual assault against a female student on campus.
Nolan landed an acting role in the United States of America film "Bloodhounds", starring Corbin Bernsen, playing the bad guy role of "Bootsie". Host of the NFLPA internet news show "NFLPA television". Harrison has been a public speaker for many organizations like the NFL Players Association, Executives Breakfast Club, AFT, American Federation of Labor-Congress-Chief Information Officer, and TEDx speaking on a variety of leadership topics.
Nolan blogs for American Association of Retired Persons on volunteerism.
Nolan blogs for Pro Player Insiders.