Nate Oats has got a supporter in former NFL head coach Jon Gruden. The Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball coach met Gruden recently and gifted him a box that the latter unpacked on Friday on X.

Posted: May 14, 2025 | Last updated: May 14, 2025 Alabama basketball coach Nate Oats highlights his ball handlers entering the 2025-26 season.

Nate Oats and Alabama have continued their successful partnership. Having led the Crimson Tide to their first Final Four last season, the head coach is well on his way to steering them back there ...

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 ...

Following four seasons at Maranatha Baptist and three seasons as an assistant at Wisconsin-Whitewater, the couple moved to Michigan, where Nate was head coach at Romulus High School for 11 seasons.

Here's a look at how Oats and Pearl both achieved huge turnarounds since taking over at Alabama and Auburn, respectively: Nate Oats turnaround at Alabama Oats took over for Avery Johnson ahead of ...

Nate Oats benches Mark Sears vs. LSU, challenges Alabama star after abysmal first half Oats explained he was looking for more defensive consistency in the second half vs. the Tigers ...

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There’s a lot of questioning going on.” Oats had plenty of time to experiment. After serving as an assistant coach at Maranatha Baptist and University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, Oats became the head ...

Oats essentially had to start from scratch networking and connecting with others in similar jobs. “I tried to work some camps through college, used to work Five-Star all the time. Shoot – my dad has ...

Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball coach Nate Oats passes the ball during Final Four Friday for the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at State Farm Stadium on April 5, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona.

While rumors persisted about Oats and Kentucky on Monday, the $18 million buyout attached to the Alabama coach’s could have complicated a pursuit for him. Still, it didn’t seem like it was as ...