Nathan Choate
American college baseball coach and former pitcher
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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. 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.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Washington State |
| Conference | MW |
| Record | 41–77 (.347) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | October 22, 1978 Yorba Linda, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1998–1999 | Santa Ana |
| 2000–2001 | Cal Poly |
| Position | Pitcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2005 | Esperanza H. S. (asst.) |
| 2007 | UC Irvine (asst.) |
| 2008–2011 | UC Riverside (asst.) |
| 2012–2016 | Grand Canyon (asst.) |
| 2017–2018 | San Diego (asst.) |
| 2019 | Loyola Marymount (asst.) |
| 2020–2023 | Loyola Marymount |
| 2024–present | Washington State |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2006 | UC Irvine (DBO) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 126–180–1 (.412) |
| Tournaments | West Coast: 0–2 NCAA: 0–0 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
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Playing career
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
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
| 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 Cougars (Mountain West Conference) (2025–present) | |||||||||
| 2025 | Washington State | 14–36 | 11–19 | 8th | |||||
| 2026 | Washington State | 6–9 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Washington State: | 41–77 (.347) | 20–40 (.333) | |||||||
| Total: | 126–180–1 (.412) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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