Nate Oats Wife: Meet Crystal Oats

Crystal Oats is the wife of Nate Oats, an American basketball coach, currently the head basketball coach at the University of Alabama

Crystal attended Maranatha Baptist University, where she first met Nate.  The couple got married on 21 December 1997.  Lexie, Jocie, and Brielle are Oats and Crystal’s three daughters.

The eldest of their daughters Lexie, was born in 2004, followed by the other two, Jocie and Brielle.

Oats disclosed on his Facebook page in November 2015 that his wife had an aggressive form of cancer and would be receiving chemotherapy. He confirmed, with his wife’s encouragement, that he would not be resigning from his coaching duties.

After seven years of a lengthy battle with the disease, Crystal eventually beat cancer She is now entirely dedicated to promoting cancer awareness programmes and organisations that assist cancer survivors.

She was born in the thriving city of Jackson, Mississippi. In 1997, she graduated from college. Crystal is a huge plant enthusiast.