Nathan Choate

Nathan Choate (born October 22, 1978) is an American college baseball coach and former pitcher. He is the head baseball coach of 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.

Nathan Choate
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamLoyola Marymount
ConferenceWest Coast
Record8–8
Biographical details
Born (1978-10-22) October 22, 1978
Yorba Linda, California
Playing career
1998–1999Santa Ana
2000–2001Cal Poly
Position(s)Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2005Esperanza H. S. (asst.)
2007UC Irvine (asst.)
2008–2011UC Riverside (asst.)
2012–2016Grand Canyon (asst.)
2017–2018San Diego (asst.)
2019Loyola Marymount (asst.)
2020–presentLoyola Marymount
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2006UC Irvine (DBO)
Head coaching record
Overall8–8
TournamentsWest Coast: 0–0
NCAA: 0–0

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

On June 10, 2011, Choate was named the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator for Grand Canyon.[2] On June 24, 2016, Choate was named the pitching coach at San Diego.[3] On August 20, 2018, Choate was named the pitching coach at Loyola Marymount.[4] 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.[5]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Loyola Marymount Lions (West Coast Conference) (2020–present)
2020 Loyola Marymount 8–80–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
Loyola Marymount: 8–80–0
Total:8–8

      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

See also

References
  1. "Esperanza Beats Tustin, Wins Tournament". www.latimes.com. Los Angeles Times. March 16, 1997. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  2. "Choate Joins GCU Baseball Staff". www.gculopes.com. Grand Canyon University. June 11, 2011. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  3. Kirk Kinney (June 24, 2016). "Toreros hire Nathan Choate as pitching coach". www.sandiegouniontribune.com. The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  4. "Nathan Choate Joins Gill's Staff". www.lmulions.com. Loyola Marymount University Athletics. August 20, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  5. Mike Nelson (June 26, 2019). "LMU baseball: Nathan Choate named head coach". www.angelusnews.com. Angelus News. Retrieved July 4, 2019.
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