Nick Alverson enters his second year as Arcadia's Director of Esports in 2024-25.
Alverson comes to Glenside after serving as the Head Esports Coach at University of Pikeville in Kentucky for the past three years. In this role, he was responsible for all aspects of the Esports program, which included recruiting players on a national level, player development, budgeting, advertising, coaching, and scheduling. Alverson oversaw the League of Legends, Overwatch, Valorant and Hearthstone teams. He led his teams to back-to-back Mid-South Conference Esports championships is 2022 and 2023 and won first place in the MSC – KCAC Invitational Conference Showdown. Prior to his work at Pikeville, Alverson was the Head Esports Coach at Mount Aloysius College in Pennsylvania.
Alverson graduated with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science / The Science of Game Design from Full Sail University in 2019.