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.

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.

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 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 ...

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He is the son of Dr. Larry Oats, a Bible professor who has spent five decades in a variety of roles for Maranatha Baptist University in Wisconsin, including dean of the school’s baptist seminary.

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 ...

Oats' father, Larry, is Dean of the Seminary at Maranatha Baptist University in Watertown, Wisconsin, where Nate Oats played Division III basketball.

After serving as an assistant coach at Maranatha Baptist and University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, Oats became the head basketball coach and a teacher at Romulus High School near Detroit.

The two had been college teammates at Maranatha Baptist University, which is also in Watertown. Horn wanted to know if Oats, then in his late 20s, might be interested in the Romulus coaching job.

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.