Nate Oats was one of the last to leave the Alabama basketball locker room in Los Angeles.. At 9:32 p.m. local time, he began his walk to the team bus. On his head sat a Final Four hat. Around his ...

“That’s a unique thing that Nate can do just because of that higher gear he has,’’ said Luke Atkins, who played Division III basketball with Oats at Maranatha Baptist.

Oats’ father was two years into teaching locally at Maranatha when Nate was born in 1974. When Oats was four years old, he made a statement of faith and as a child learned to memorize Bible verses.

Nate Oats is the head coach for the Alabama Crimson Tide men’s basketball team. Oats began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Maranatha Baptist from 1997 to 2000 and joined Wisconsin ...

Nate Oats (right) jumps to put in a layup his senior year of high school in 1992. He played for Maranatha Baptist Academy in Watertown, Wisconsin. Nate Oats' rise in the coaching profession ...

During the 1991 season, Oats’ junior year of high school, Maranatha Baptist Academy’s starting quarterback Luke Akins sprained his knee. The Crusaders needed a fill-in short term.

Alabama men's basketball head coach Nate Oats and his wife, Crystal Oats, have experienced tremendous moments of pride and terrifying moments of grief over the course of their nearly 30-year marriage.

The two had been college teammates at Maranatha Baptist University, which is also in Watertown. ... Nate Oats was on Bobby Hurley's coaching staff at Buffalo from 2012-15. USATSI ...

Nate Oats attended a small Wisconsin high school and college. Oats attended high school at Maranatha Baptist Academy in Watertown, then continued his basketball playing career at Maranatha Baptist ...

Nate Oats‘ road to becoming Alabama‘s head coach was far from conventional. However, he’s thankful for the journey. In an interview with Mark Gottfried, Oats revealed how his days as a high ...

Wisconsin native Nate Oats, who has been on a meteoric rise in the NCAA coaching community, will lead Alabama to the Final Four next weekend, squaring off with No. 1 overall seed UConn in Phoenix ...

For a full timeline of Nate and Crystal’s relationship, keep scrolling. 1997. Crystal and Nate got married as he was beginning his coaching career as an assistant at Maranatha Baptist University ...