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Nate Oats

Head coach at Alabama logoAlabama
ConferencesSECMAC
March Madness resumeswipe to scroll · tap a game
25-26
24-25
23-24
22-23
21-22
20-21
18-19
17-18
15-16
Career W-L
266-116
52nd most wins in our era
382 games
Win %
69.6%
28th of 618 with 3+ seasons
24.2 wins / season
Composite Rank
#19
of 804 coaches
155.4 score · 11 seasons · 2 programs
20+ win seasons
8
Program breakdown

By the school

SchoolYearsSeasonsRecordWin %
Alabama logo19-20 –present7170-7370.0%
Buffalo logo15-16 –18-19496-4369.1%
Full record

Season by season

11 seasons
25-26Alabama logo4SEC25-10#1828.198130.599102.485NCAA Sweet 16
24-25Alabama logo2SEC28-9#631.199127.79996.693NCAA Elite Eight
23-24Alabama logo4F4SEC25-12#1223.696126.1100102.567NCAA Final Four
22-23Alabama logo1SEC31-6#327.1100116.19689.099Reg. season champNCAA Sweet 16
21-22Alabama logo6SEC19-14#2616.993115.29698.372NCAA First Round
20-21Alabama logo2SEC26-7#522.397111.99189.799Reg. season champNCAA Sweet 16
19-20Alabama logoSEC16-15#6412.384111.49199.268—
18-19Buffalo logo6MAC32-4#1318.193114.59396.490Reg. season champNCAA Second Round
17-18Buffalo logo13MAC27-9#4911.882114.991103.159Reg. season champNCAA Second Round
16-17Buffalo logoMAC17-15#1251.660104.452102.864—
15-16Buffalo logo14MAC20-15#1252.862106.157103.458NCAA First Round
Tournament success
9 appearances

March Madness

Appearances
9
NCAA Tournament
Tournament record
15-9
18th of 294 in tourney wins
Highest seed
#1
best seed earned
  • Year
    25-26
    4Alabama logoAlabama(25-10)Sweet 16
    RoundOppResult
    R64vs13Hofstra logoHofstraW 90-70
    R32vs5Texas Tech logoTexas TechW 90-65
    S16vs1Michigan logoMichiganL 77-90
  • Year
    24-25
    2Alabama logoAlabama(28-9)Elite Eight
    RoundOppResult
    R64vs15Robert Morris logoRobert MorrisW 90-81
    R32vs7Saint Mary's logoSaint Mary'sW 80-66
    S16vs6BYU logoBYUW 113-88
    E8vs1Duke logoDukeL 65-85
  • Year
    23-24
    4Alabama logoAlabama(25-12)Final Four
    RoundOppResult
    R64vs13CCCollege of CharlestonW 109-96
    R32vs12Grand Canyon logoGrand CanyonW 72-61
    S16vs1UNC logoUNCW 89-87
    E8vs6Clemson logoClemsonW 89-82
    F4vs1UConn logoUConnL 72-86
  • Year
    22-23
    1Alabama logoAlabama(31-6)Sweet 16
    RoundOppResult
    R64vs16TATexas A&M-Corpus ChristiW 96-75
    R32vs8Maryland logoMarylandW 73-51
    S16vs5San Diego State logoSan Diego StateL 64-71
  • Year
    21-22
    6Alabama logoAlabama(19-14)First Round
    RoundOppResult
    R64vs11Notre Dame logoNotre DameL 64-78
  • Year
    20-21
    2Alabama logoAlabama(26-7)Sweet 16
    RoundOppResult
    R64vs15Iona logoIonaW 68-55
    R32vs10Maryland logoMarylandW 96-77
    S16vs11UCLA logoUCLAL 78-88
  • Year
    18-19
    6Buffalo logoBuffalo(32-4)Second Round
    RoundOppResult
    R64vs11Arizona State logoArizona StateW 91-74
    R32vs3Texas Tech logoTexas TechL 58-78
  • Year
    17-18
    13Buffalo logoBuffalo(27-9)Second Round
    RoundOppResult
    R64vs4Arizona logoArizonaW 89-68
    R32vs5Kentucky logoKentuckyL 75-95
  • Year
    15-16
    14Buffalo logoBuffalo(20-15)First Round
    RoundOppResult
    R64vs3Miami (FL) logoMiami (FL)L 72-79

Data window: 2012-13 through 2025-26