{{Short description|American college baseball coach and former pitcher}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Nathan Choate | image = | alt = | caption = | current_title = Head coach | current_team = Washington State | current_conference = MW | current_record = {{winpct|70|96|record=y}} | contract = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|10|22}} | birth_place = Yorba Linda, California, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | 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) | overall_record = {{winpct|155|199|1|record=y}} | tournament_record = Mountain West: 3–1<br>NCAA: 1–2<br>West Coast: 0–2 | championships = Mountain West Tournament (2026) | awards = WCC Coach of the Year (2023) | coaching_records = }}
'''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== Choate attended Esperanza High School where he was a member of the school's baseball team.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-03-16-sp-39070-story.html |title=Esperanza Beats Tustin, Wins Tournament |date=March 16, 1997 |work=Los Angeles Times |accessdate=July 5, 2019}}</ref> After graduation, Choate choose to attend Santa Ana College. After two seasons at Santa Ana, Choate transferred to Cal Poly.
==Coaching career== In 2006, Choate served as pitching coach of the Hyannis Mets, a collegiate summer baseball team in the Cape Cod Baseball League.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gohighlanders.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/nathan-choate/69 |title=Nathan Choate |publisher=gohighlanders.com |accessdate=July 28, 2023}}</ref>
On June 10, 2011, Choate was named the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator for Grand Canyon.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gculopes.com/news/2011/6/10/BB_0610111329.aspx |title=Choate Joins GCU Baseball Staff |date=June 11, 2011 |publisher=Grand Canyon University |work=www.gculopes.com |accessdate=July 5, 2019}}</ref> On June 24, 2016, Choate was named the pitching coach at San Diego.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sports/toreros/sdut-usd-toreros-baseball-pitching-coach-nathan-choate-2016jun24-story.html |title=Toreros hire Nathan Choate as pitching coach |author=Kirk Kinney |date=June 24, 2016 |work=The San Diego Union-Tribune |accessdate=July 5, 2019}}</ref> On August 20, 2018, Choate was named the pitching coach at Loyola Marymount.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lmulions.com/news/2018/8/20/baseball-nathan-choate-joins-gills-staff.aspx |title=Nathan Choate Joins Gill's Staff |date=August 20, 2018 |publisher=Loyola Marymount University Athletics |work=www.lmulions.com |accessdate=July 5, 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://angelusnews.com/news/mike-nelson/lmu-baseball-nathan-choate-named-head-coach |title=LMU baseball: Nathan Choate named head coach |author=Mike Nelson |date=June 26, 2019 |publisher=Angelus News |work=www.angelusnews.com |accessdate=July 4, 2019}}</ref>
On June 23, 2023, Choate was announced as the new head coach at Washington State.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wsucougars.com/news/2023/6/23/nathan-choate-named-cougar-baseball-head-coach.aspx|title=Nathan Choate Named Cougar Baseball Head Coach |date=November 3, 2025 }}</ref>
==Head coaching record== {{CBB yearly record start | type = coach | conference = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Loyola Marymount Lions | conference= West Coast Conference | startyear = 2020 | endyear = 2023 }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2020 | name = Loyola Marymount | overall = 8–8 | conference = 0–0 | confstanding = | postseason = Season canceled due to COVID-19 }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2021 | name = Loyola Marymount | overall = 28–37 | conference = 13–14 | confstanding = 6th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2022 | name = Loyola Marymount | overall = 20–34–1 | conference = 14–13 | confstanding = 6th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = conference | season = 2023 | name = Loyola Marymount | overall = 29–24 | conference = 21–6 | confstanding = 1st | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record subtotal | name = Loyola Marymount | overall = {{winpct|85|103|1|record=y}} | confrecord = {{winpct|48|33|record=y}} }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Washington State Cougars | conference= Pac-12 Conference | startyear = 2024 | endyear = single }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2024 | name = Washington State | overall = 21–32 | conference = 9–21 | confstanding = T–10th | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Washington State Cougars | conference= Mountain West Conference | startyear = 2025 | endyear = present }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2025 | name = Washington State | overall = 18–36 | conference = 11–19 | confstanding = 8th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = conference tournament | season = 2026 | name = Washington State | overall = 31–28 | conference = 15–9 | confstanding = 2nd | postseason = NCAA Regional }} {{CBB yearly record subtotal | name = Washington State | overall = {{winpct|70|96|record=y}} | confrecord = {{winpct|35|49|record=y}} }} {{CBB yearly record end | overall = {{winpct|155|199|1|record=y}} }}
==See also== * List of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== *[https://lmulions.com/staff.aspx?staff=1353 Loyola Marymount Lions bio]
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