NEWARK, N.J.—Before Alabama took on BYU in the Sweet 16 on Thursday, coach Nate Oats gathered ... of them—a dismal 14%. But Oats, a former high school math teacher, told Sears to take comfort ...

After more than a decade at Romulus High School, just outside Detroit, Nate Oats had grown comfortable ... His rise from high-school math teacher to one of the top coaches in college basketball ...

NEWARK, N.J. — Head coach Nate Oats celebrated his sixth anniversary at the helm ... weekend's Elite Eight showdown against No. 1 seed Duke — the former high school math teacher reflected on the ...

As a former high school math teacher, Nate Oats is an unabashed analytics nerd. Still, when he gets his hands on the postgame ...

However, Nate Oats has positioned ... I sure hope Coach Oats don’t get that job.'" Prior to Alabama, Oats was the head coach at Buffalo. Before that, he was teaching math at Romulus High School ...

Nate Oats dished out some motivation beforehand, though, to spark the epic shooting performance. Turns out Oats dropped some math knowledge on Sears during practice, which he shared via Will ...