Nathan Choate

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Nathan Choate
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamWashington State
ConferenceMW
Record35–68 (.340)
Biographical details
Born (1978-10-22) October 22, 1978 (age 47)
Yorba Linda, California, U.S.
Playing career
1998–1999Santa Ana
2000–2001Cal Poly
PositionPitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2005Esperanza H. S. (asst.)
2007UC Irvine (asst.)
2008–2011UC Riverside (asst.)
2012–2016Grand Canyon (asst.)
2017–2018San Diego (asst.)
2019Loyola Marymount (asst.)
2020–2023Loyola Marymount
2024–presentWashington State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2006UC Irvine (DBO)
Head coaching record
Overall120–171–1 (.413)
TournamentsWest Coast: 0–2
NCAA: 0–0
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
  • WCC Coach of the Year (2023)
Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Nathan Choate (born October 22, 1978) is an American college baseball coach and former pitcher. He is the head baseball coach at Washington State University. Previously, he was the head coach at Loyola Marymount University for four seasons. Choate played college baseball at Santa Ana College, before then transferring to California Polytechnic State University for his final two seasons.

Playing career

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Choate attended Esperanza High School where he was a member of the school's baseball team.[1] After graduation, Choate choose to attend Santa Ana College. After two seasons at Santa Ana, Choate transferred to Cal Poly.

Coaching career

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In 2006, Choate served as pitching coach of the Hyannis Mets, a collegiate summer baseball team in the Cape Cod Baseball League.[2]

On June 10, 2011, Choate was named the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator for Grand Canyon.[3] On June 24, 2016, Choate was named the pitching coach at San Diego.[4] On August 20, 2018, Choate was named the pitching coach at Loyola Marymount.[5] In 2019, he helped lead the Lions to a return to the NCAA tournament, a 2019 WCC Tournament Title and WCC Pitcher of the Year Codie Paiva.

On June 25, 2019, Choate was named the head coach of Loyola Marymount.[6]

On June 23, 2023, Choate was announced as the new head coach at Washington State.[7]

Head coaching record

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Loyola Marymount Lions (West Coast Conference) (2020–2023)
2020 Loyola Marymount 8–8 0–0 Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Loyola Marymount 28–37 13–14 6th
2022 Loyola Marymount 20–34–1 14–13 6th
2023 Loyola Marymount 29–24 21–6 1st
Loyola Marymount: 85–103–1 (.452) 48–33 (.593)
Washington State Cougars (Pac-12 Conference) (2024)
2024 Washington State 21–32 9–21 T–10th
Washington State: – (–) 9–21 (.300)
Washington State Cougars (Mountain West Conference) (2025–present)
2025 Washington State 14–36 11–19 8th
Washington State: 35–68 (.340) 11–19 (.367)
Total: 120–171–1 (.413)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

See also

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References

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