Nate Oats

As head basketball coach for the Alabama Crimson Tide, Nate Oats is recognized for having a successful run with the Tide since his hiring in 2019. Focusing on teamwork and overcoming challenges, Oats shares professional experiences in an entertaining address.

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Nate Oats has risen through the ranks of basketball from high school to Division 1 college basketball by maintaining strong values and imparting a work ethic into his team.
In his interactive and entertaining presentation, Oats provides a roadmap to team success by incorporating proven values and personable relationship building into the team process. Listeners leave the presentation with steps to integrate into a plan of action.
With a high winning rate, Oats proven winning strategies help organisations to transform how stakeholders interact with one another to produce team success.

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Transformational basketball coach Nate Oats espouses teamwork for success.

Enjoying a successful basketball coaching career, Nate Oats has risen through the ranks from a high school basketball coaching phenom to a successful college coach with a bright future in the sport. Playing college basketball for Maranatha Baptist, Oats served as the team captain and received all-conference honors. In 1997, he became a member of the team's coaching staff until 2000 when he began a position as assistant coach at the University of Wisconsin. He accepted a job at Romulus High School in Detroit as a teacher and basketball coach.

In eleven years as head coach of the Romulus High School basketball team, Oats enjoyed a 222-52 winning record. For his team's accomplishments, he's won multiple awards and recognition in the area press. Subsequently, Oats was named assistant coach at the University of Buffalo. At the NCAA Division 1 level, Oats faced fierce competition. By 2015, he'd accepted the head coaching position at Buffalo. In his initial season, Buffalo took third place in the conference. Buffalo renewed Oats' contract for five years. The team began the third season with eight wins in a row. It was the best start in the history of the team.

His team philosophy includes selfless love, continuous growth, and maximum effort. In 2019, he led the Buffalo team to a winning 28-3 record. In 2019, Oats accepted a position as the head coach for the Alabama Crimson Tide. After two successful seasons, the school renewed his contract for three years until the 2027 basketball season. With a 3.2 million annual compensation, Oats career has come a long way from his days as a high school basketball coach. Sharing his philosophies for success and teamwork during his keynote addresses, Oats shares the values and strategies that have helped him, and his teams, obtain consistent victories.

Keynotes

Keynote by Nate Oats :

Lead with Purpose, Succeed with Values

Nate Oats brings a fresh, dynamic perspective on leadership and high-performance culture drawn from a remarkable journey through the ranks of competitive basketball. From building a winning program at a Detroit high school to becoming a top Division I coach with the Alabama Crimson Tide, Oats’ story is one of vision, grit, and relentless improvement.

Known for his fast-paced offense and player-first philosophy, Nate delivers keynotes that are as practical as they are energizing. His message centers around building a values-driven culture grounded in selfless love, continuous growth, and maximum effort, principles that extend far beyond the court. Through interactive storytelling, he shares how to align individual purpose with team success and implement actionable strategies that elevate performance at every level.

Ideal for leadership summits, corporate retreats, educational institutions, and sports organizations, Nate Oats offers a roadmap for transforming mindsets and building high-impact teams. With humor, humility, and hard-earned wisdom, he equips audiences to lead with purpose, overcome adversity, and create a culture where excellence thrives.

Nate Oats can talk about the following topics: