Duquesne University golf coach Nellie King has been a mainstay in the Department of Athletics for 28 years. The Director of Sports Information from 1976-1992 and a men's basketball color commentator for 24 seasons, he is beginning his 16th campaign as the DU golf mentor.

King has guided the Dukes to recent success including winning the 17-team Lafayette Invitational and the 11-team Duquesne Invitational during the 2001-2002 season and placing a school-best third at the 2000 Atlantic 10 Championship. The Dukes also set a school record in 2002 with a first round team score of 289 at the A-10 Championship while Steve Seiden set the individual school record by firing a 67 in that same round. The 2002-03 season was highlighted by a third place showing out of 20 teams at the Towson Invitational.

King has spent most of his adult life associated with athletics, first as a professional baseball player in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, then as a broadcaster following his playing days. He graduated in 1945 from Milton Hershey High School in Hershey, PA and began playing minor league baseball in 1946. King pitched in the major leagues for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1954 to 1957 before an arm injury forced his retirement. He played with such greats as Roberto Clemente, Dick Groat and Bill Mazeroski.

King entered the field of broadcasting in 1960, working at small radio stations outside the Pittsburgh market in Kittanning, Latrobe and Greensburg, PA. He covered high school sports in Westmoreland County from 1960 to 1967 and also covered the Masters, U.S. Open and PGA Championships, following the play of Arnold Palmer, a native of Latrobe.

King joined long-time Pirates announcer Bob Prince and Jim Woods in 1967 announcing Pirates games on radio and television until 1975. During his tenure as a broadcaster with the Pirates, the team captured five Eastern Division Championships and one World Series crown. His broadcasting experience also included doing morning sports reports on WWSW and KDKA and weekend sports on local television stations WTAE and KDKA.

His experience in sports plus his contacts with the local and national media have been helpful in promoting Duquesne athletics since he joined the staff in 1975. As SID, King also served as publicity director for the Eastern Eight, the first basketball conference in the east, which is now called the Atlantic 10 Conference. In addition, he is a member of the Western Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame and the Duquesne University Sports Hall of Fame.

King and his wife Bernadette, a Duquesne graduate, reside in Mt. Lebanon. Their daughters Laurie, Leslie and Amy are also Duquesne graduates.