Nate Oats marries 31-year-old former staffer after quiet divorce
It’s a Crimson Tide love story.
Nate Oats, Alabama males’s basketball’s head coach, and Alex Accetta, a 31-year-old former Alabama staffer who labored because the workforce’s director of operations, acquired married final weekend.
Alabama assistant coach Brian Adams shared images from the marriage on social media, which confirmed a bunch that included Alabama athletics director Greg Byrne and different UA staffers, previous and current.
The 51-year-old Oats revealed he acquired engaged to Accetta in April.
Whereas discussing Alabama’s upcoming collection with St. John’s on a Sirius XM radio present, Oats known as Accetta his fiancée and recalled a previous Knicks playoff recreation that they attended at Madison Sq. Backyard.
Oats’ new marriage comes after he quietly divorced his earlier spouse, Crystal Oats, in 2023.
Crystal and Oats married in 1997 and remained collectively for 26 years. They share three daughters, Lexie, Jocelyn and Brielle.
Crystal was identified with an aggressive type of lymphoma in 2015 earlier than going into remission.
Accetta left Alabama to affix the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks in visitor expertise and operations roles, whereas Oats stays busy conserving Alabama a hoops powerhouse.
Oats, who started his stint as Alabama’s head coach in 2019-20, has a 170-73 report throughout seven years on the helm.
Outdoors of Oats’ first season, the place the workforce went 16-15, Alabama has made the NCAA Match yearly below him, together with a Remaining 4 look in 2024.
As of 2026, Oats’ 13 NCAA Match wins are essentially the most by a coach in class historical past.
Oats has helped a number of Alabama stars flip into NBA draft picks, equivalent to present Charlotte Hornets ahead Brandon Miller, who went second total in 2023.
