Alabama men's basketball coach Nate Oats made sure to note he has no plans to leave the program even as the Kentucky job appeared to open up.
Alabama Crimson Tide men’s basketball coach Nate Oats assured fans Monday night he plans on staying with the program despite rumors to the contrary. Oats released a statement to Crimson Tide fans on X in an attempt to dispel any notion he would leave to take the Kentucky job with John Calipari, seemingly on his way to Arkansas.
am fully committed to this team and to this University. We have already accomplished some great things here, and there is nothing I want more than The University of Alabama to win its first national championship in men’s basketball.' 'Despite any rumors to the contrary, rest assured that I will continue that pursuit as your head coach.' Oats led Alabama to the Final Four – the first time in the program’s history.
Calipari was finalizing a five-year deal to take the Razorbacks’ head-coaching job, ESPN reported late Sunday. Calipari has been the head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats since the start of the 2009-10 season and has been at the top of the college basketball coaching landscape since Derrick Rose led the Memphis-led team to the national championship in 2009 while Calipari was there. He then left for the Wildcats the next season. With Kentucky, he has been the face of one-and-done.
There still appears to be a lot to figure out for these major SEC schools. Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
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