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Valentine’s Day may be long gone, but love is definitely in the air.<\/p>\n

Alabama head basketball coach Nate Oats, 51, and former staffer Alex Accetta, 31, tied the knot<\/a> last weekend in a ceremony attended by several Crimson Tide coaches as well as athletic director Greg Byrne.<\/p>\n

Accetta worked as the team\u2019s director of operations before leaving for a role with the NBA\u2019s Dallas Mavericks<\/a> in guest experience and operations.<\/p>\n

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Oats revealed that he and Accetta were engaged back in April.<\/p>\n

The wedding comes after a quiet divorce between the Alabama basketball coach and his ex-wife, Crystal Oats, back in 2023.<\/p>\n

The two were wed in 1997 and remained married for 26 years while raising three children together before Crystal was diagnosed with an aggressive form of lymphoma back in 2015.<\/p>\n

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Fortunately, the cancer went into remission and Crystal remains cancer-free.<\/p>\n

Oats has been one of the most successful coaches in Alabama basketball history, guiding the team to six straight NCAA Tournament<\/a> appearances while going 170-73 in just seven seasons in Tuscaloosa.<\/p>\n

His 13 wins in the tournament are the most in program history.<\/p>\n

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Despite this, Oats has been the subject of heavy criticism on the internet in 2026<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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His opening of the eligibility floodgates by signing NBA G-League<\/span> player Charles Bediako was nearly universally panned by basketball fans all over the country.<\/p>\n

Bediako would go on to lose his appeal in court, having only played five games for the Crimson Tide<\/a> before his temporary restraining order expired.<\/p>\n

Given the circumstances of his wedding to a former staffer as well as the cancer diagnosis of his ex-wife, many are piling back on Oats as the news broke of his nuptials while others are defending him given the fact that Accetta is no longer employed by the university.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/outkick-sports\/alabama-basketball-coach-nate-oats-marries-former-hoops-staffer-20-years-junior-following-divorce <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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