Hired in May 2011, Nester, who has spent the last five seasons as the assistant coach at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, brings a total of nine years experience at the Division III level to the Stormy Petrel women's basketball program.

Nester has worked under head coach Bob Amsberry at Wartburg in each of the last five years and also came to Wartburg with coach Amsberry after the two combined to lift Rockford College, Nester's alma mater, to their best four-year stretch in program history. At Wartburg, Amsberry and Nester inherited a team that was 7-18 in the previous season and turned them into a 20-game winner, having posted a 21-5 overall record in 2010-11.

In addition to his coaching stints with Wartburg and Rockford, Nester has served as a coach for USA Athletes International on three separate trips abroad, most recently as the head coach of a squad of college women's players on a ten-day tour in Ireland in 2009. Throughout his coaching career Nester has handled all facets of running a successful program including preparing scouting reports, coordinating schedule and team travel, analyzing game video and assisting with in-game strategy.

Nester is currently a member of the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship Committee and serves as Chair of the South Region.

He and his wife, Stefanie, reside in Atlanta.

Ridge joined the Oglethorpe women's basketball coaching staff in the fall of 2011 and　her duties include　assisting in all facets of the game including recruiting, film breakdown, scouting and player development.　She comes to Oglethorpe after competing collegiately as a guard at the Division I level for the University of Tulsa and the University of Colorado, Boulder.

As a freshman at Tulsa she was an Honor Roll student on a squad that advanced to the Women’s National Invitation Tournament. She repeated her academic success as a sophomore on a Tulsa team that won the Conference USA Championship and advanced to the NCAA Tournament. During her senior year at the University of Colorado, the Buffaloes qualified for the NIT and advanced all the way to the semifinals.

Ridge hails from Cedar Rapids, Iowa where, at Xavier High School, she was a two-time adidas All-American (2002-03) and a honorable mention All-American by Street & Smith. She averaged 8.5 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game as a junior, helping Xavier to the 2003 Iowa state championship. Ridge graduated from the University of Colorado with a B.A. in psychology in May of 2009.