This speaks to Alabama’s growth as a program, considering all three of Oats’ assistants left the program this Spring to take on their own head coaching roles. The former assistant coach at the University of Wyoming was hired at UNA. Pettway was a massive recruiter for the Tide, so this loss is a painful one. Tony Pujol enters his fifth season as mens basketball head coach at North Alabama. Oats will now be losing his third assistant this offseason as Pettway will take over as head coach at Kennesaw State. 19 His tenure as of 2021 has been viewed as relatively successful, having qualified for the NCAA Tournament in two consecutive seasons. The roster will look completely different next year, but that might not even be the hardest part of the offseason for Oats. Alabama On March 27, 2019, athletic director Greg Byrne named Oats the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide. Head coach Nate Oats gives coaching advice to Brandon Miller 24 of the Alabama Crimson Tide during a first period time out against the LSU Tigers at Coleman Coliseum on Januin. Not only have the Tide lost arguably the best player in program history, Brandon Miller, to the NBA draft, but guys like Jaden Bradley and Nimari Burnett have departed via the transfer portal. Kennesaw State announced the hiring of Antoine Pettway. Now, he will have to do it without three assistant coaches. Oats has won the SEC regular season and tournament and made multiple sweet sixteen’s, but getting the Tide ready for 2023-2024 will be his toughest task yet. In the midst of the betting scandal surrounding Fridays Alabama-LSU game, Crimson Tide baseball coach Brad Bohannon was fired on Thursday. 1 day ago &0183 &32 Pannone was a New Orleans Pelicans assistant coach and previously head coach of the Erie Bayhawks/Birmingham Squadron, the NBA G League affiliate of the Pelicans, from 2019-2022. Now more than ever it is time to see what Alabama Crimson Tide head basketball coach Nate Oats is made of. John Shulman is in his fourth season as the head mens basketball coach at The University of Alabama in Huntsville.
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