Chris Nicholl (born 1946) was a Southampton player during the 1970's. He played in their F.A Cup winning team of 1976 and became the club's manager when Lawrie McMenemy resigned in 1986. He kept the Saints in the First Division but was sacked in May 1991 after failing to keep them out of the bottom of half of the top flight.

It was three years before Nicholl returned to football. Early in the 1994-95 season he replaced Terry Hibbitt as manager of Walsall and his first season at the club was successful as they were promoted from Division Three as runners-up. The Saddlers finished in the top half of Division Two during the next two seasons but Nicholl quit in May 1997 after failing to get Walsall into Division One. He spent the next two years as assistant manager of Northern Ireland, working alongside Lawrie McMenemy, but since the 1999-2000 has not been employed in football and is unlikely to make a comeback.