Nathan Choate

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Nathan Choate
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Washington State
Conference MW
Record21–32 (.396)
Biographical details
Born (1978-10-22) October 22, 1978 (age 45)
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.)
2020–2023Loyola Marymount
2024–present Washington State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2006UC Irvine (DBO)
Head coaching record
Overall106–135–1 (.440)
TournamentsWest Coast: 0–2
NCAA: 0–0
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
  • WCC Coach of the Year (2023)

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.

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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

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Loyola Marymount Lions (West Coast Conference)(2020–2023)
2020 Loyola Marymount 8–80–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Loyola Marymount 28–3713–146th
2022 Loyola Marymount 20–34–114–136th
2023 Loyola Marymount 29–2421–61st
Loyola Marymount:85–103–1 (.452)48–33 (.593)
Washington State Cougars (Pac-12 Conference)(2024)
2024 Washington State 21–329–21T–10th
Washington State Cougars (Mountain West Conference)(2025–present)
2025 Washington State 0–00–0
Washington State:21–32 (.396)9–21 (.300)
Total:106–135–1 (.440)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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