Alabama has hired Nate Oats as their new head basketball coach.
Oats was the head coach at Buffalo.
BREAKING NEWS: The University of Alabama will hire Nate Oats of Buffalo as its next head basketball coach. More to come at @TideSports and @tuscaloosanews
— Cecil Hurt (@CecilHurt) March 27, 2019
Here is more from 24/7 Sports:
Alabama director of athletics Greg Byrne announced on Wednesday that Nate Oats has been named head coach of the Crimson Tide men’s basketball program.
Oats, who was named the 2018 and 2019 Mid-American Conference (MAC) Coach of the Year and is one of 11 finalists for the 2019 Werner Ladder Naismith Men’s College Coach of the Year awarded by the Atlanta Tipoff Club, becomes the 21st head coach in the program’s 106-year history.
“We are thrilled to welcome Nate and Crystal Oats and their three daughters to The University of Alabama,” said Byrne. “I have been watching Coach Oats for the last few years as he has led the University at Buffalo to unprecedented heights. His commitment to developing the student-athlete both on and off the court was what really stuck out. As we spoke to some of the best college and pro basketball minds in the country, his name came up time and time again. Coach Oats will hit the ground running starting tonight, and we look forward to him having a long and successful career with the Alabama Crimson Tide.”
