Nate Oats' new deal at Alabama expected to make him among highest paid
Alabama has agreed to a contract extension with men's basketball coach Nate Oats.
Alabama has agreed to a contract extension with men's basketball coach Nate Oats that will make him one of the five highest-paid coaches in the sport, Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne announced Sunday via X. "Appropriate members of The Board of Trustees have been notified of the proposed terms of the new agreement and it will soon be formally approved through the Board process," Byrne wrote in a statement. "We are good!
He's not going anywhere," Byrne wrote on his personal X account. Oats was head coach at Romulus High School in Michigan from 2002-13. More: Warde Manuel wants Dusty May to finish career at UM: ‘I love this problem’ More: Oakland star basketball player suing NCAA for extra year of eligibility This is the third contract extension in four years for Oats, whose previous extension in early 2024 ran through March 2030 and was scheduled to pay him $6.
02 million for the 2026-27 season. Complete details on the new contract have yet to be announced but, according to USA Today, the five highest-paid coaches at public schools in 2024-25 each made at least $6. 1 million – when Oats tied for ninth nationally with a $5 million base salary.
Oats' raise should put him in the same neighborhood with Kansas' Bill Self, Arkansas' John Calipari, UConn's Dan Hurley, Michigan State's Tom Izzo and Arizona's Tommy Lloyd. On Friday, Arizona announced a new five-year deal with Lloyd that starts at $7. 2 million, presumably to keep the national Naismith Coach of the Year from leaving for the open North Carolina job.