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.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Washington State |
| Conference | MW |
| Record | 21–32 (.396) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | October 22, 1978 Yorba Linda, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1998–1999 | Santa Ana |
| 2000–2001 | Cal Poly |
| Position(s) | 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 | 106–135–1 (.440) |
| Tournaments | West Coast: 0–2 NCAA: 0–0 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| |
Playing career
editChoate 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
editIn 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
edit| 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 | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Washington State: | 21–32 (.396) | 9–21 (.300) | |||||||
| Total: | 106–135–1 (.440) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Esperanza Beats Tustin, Wins Tournament". Los Angeles Times. March 16, 1997. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
- ^ "Nathan Choate". gohighlanders.com. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
- ^ "Choate Joins GCU Baseball Staff". www.gculopes.com. Grand Canyon University. June 11, 2011. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
- ^ Kirk Kinney (June 24, 2016). "Toreros hire Nathan Choate as pitching coach". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
- ^ "Nathan Choate Joins Gill's Staff". www.lmulions.com. Loyola Marymount University Athletics. August 20, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
- ^ Mike Nelson (June 26, 2019). "LMU baseball: Nathan Choate named head coach". www.angelusnews.com. Angelus News. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
- ^ "Nathan Choate Named Cougar Baseball Head Coach".