Nathan Choate | |
Current Title: | Head coach |
Current Team: | Washington State |
Current Conference: | MW |
Birth Date: | 22 October 1978 |
Birth Place: | Yorba Linda, California, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1998–1999 |
Player Team1: | Santa Ana |
Player Years2: | 2000–2001 |
Player Team2: | Cal Poly |
Player Positions: | Pitcher |
Coach Years1: | 2005 |
Coach Team1: | Esperanza H. S. (asst.) |
Coach Years2: | 2007 |
Coach Team2: | UC Irvine (asst.) |
Coach Years3: | 2008–2011 |
Coach Team3: | UC Riverside (asst.) |
Coach Years4: | 2012–2016 |
Coach Team4: | Grand Canyon (asst.) |
Coach Years5: | 2017–2018 |
Coach Team5: | San Diego (asst.) |
Coach Years6: | 2019 |
Coach Team6: | Loyola Marymount (asst.) |
Coach Years7: | 2020–2023 |
Coach Team7: | Loyola Marymount |
Coach Years8: | 2024–present |
Coach Team8: | Washington State |
Admin Years1: | 2006 |
Admin Team1: | UC Irvine (DBO) |
Tournament Record: | West Coast: 0–2 NCAA: 0–0 |
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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. From 2020 to 2023, he was the head coach at Loyola Marymount University. Choate played college baseball at Santa Ana College from 1998 to 1999 before transferring to California Polytechnic State University where he played for coach Ritch Price in 2000 and 2001.
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.
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]