Nate Oats - Alabama Basketball Playbook

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Nate Oats was formally introduced as head men’s basketball coach at The University of Alabama on March 28, 2019.Oats, who was named the 2018 and 2019 Mid-American Conference (MAC) Coach of the Year and finished fourth in voting for the Associated Press Men’s College Coach of the Year, became the 21st head coach in the program’s 106-year history. Oats comes to Alabama after spending the last four seasons at the University at Buffalo. While there, he led the Bulls to a 96-43 (.691) record, three MAC Tournament Championships and three NCAA Tournament appearances, including reaching the Round of 32 in each of the last two seasons. He was named the league’s Coach of the Year and National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) District 14 Coach of the Year in back-to-back seasons (2018 and 2019).

Oats guided Buffalo to a 32-4 overall record and a 16-2 mark in conference play, leading the program to its second consecutive MAC regular season and tournament championships. The Bulls were ranked for 20 weeks in the Associated Press Top-25 throughout the 2019 season, which marked the first time in school history the program had earned a national ranking. Buffalo went on to climb as high as No. 14 in the nation – the highest ranking by any MAC team in past 40 years. Additionally, the 32 victories not only set a program record, but were the most wins ever by any Mid-American men’s basketball program. During the 2017-18 season, he led the Bulls to a record of 27-9 overall and 15-3 in the MAC. In doing so, he secured Buffalo’s first ever victory in the NCAA Tournament, defeating No. 4 seed and PAC-12 Champion Arizona, 89-68, in Boise, Idaho.

Over his last two seasons, Buffalo finished with a combined record of 59-13 (.819), a pair of MAC Tournament and regular season championships, two NCAA Tournament Round of 32 appearances and consecutive MAC Coach of the Year honors. Oats was named head coach of the UB men’s program on April 11, 2015 after spending two seasons as the top assistant and recruiting coordinator for the Bulls. He came to Buffalo from Romulus High School in Michigan, where he taught and coached one of the top high school basketball programs in the region.