{"id":1184096,"date":"2026-03-26T12:05:32","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T18:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/?p=1184096"},"modified":"2026-03-26T12:07:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T18:07:31","slug":"do-alabama-fans-need-to-fear-nate-oats-to-unc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/do-alabama-fans-need-to-fear-nate-oats-to-unc\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Alabama Fans Need to Fear Nate Oats to UNC?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Alabama Crimson Tide is getting set to play\u00a0the biggest game of the\u00a0season on Friday night against\u00a0No. 1 seed Michigan with a trip to the Elite Eight on the line.<\/p>\n<p>While Nate Oats tries to get his team ready to play, a potential distraction could be looming with one of the biggest jobs in college basketball opening up, and as has been the case with Oats over the years, many have linked him to the opening.<\/p>\n<p>With North Carolina firing Hubert Davis, one of the most storied programs in the history of college basketball is looking for a new coach.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A compiled list of names being mentioned nationally for the North Carolina Basketball Head Coaching vacancy.<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think the Tar Heels land as their new head man? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GNsJEJGCjv\">pic.twitter.com\/GNsJEJGCjv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Next Round (@NextRoundLive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NextRoundLive\/status\/2036820163320754196?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s important to note that while having to worry about losing their coach is the last thing fans want on their mind especially before a huge game, it\u2019s also a testament to the job Oats has done since coming to Tuscaloosa.<\/p>\n<p>Coaching in his fifth Sweet Sixteen including the fourth consecutive \u2014 something just two other programs in the country can boast over the last half decade \u2014 Oats has ushered in a golden age of basketball to the University of Alabama.<\/p>\n<p>But would he leave it all behind in favor of one of the most storied programs in the nation?<\/p>\n<p>Nothing is impossible in today\u2019s day and age of college athletics, but ultimately it would be a fairly significant surprise if Oats even entertained the opening. Two years ago when the Kentucky job came open, Oats quickly removed himself from consideration publicly and wound up signing an extension.<\/p>\n<p>Tide fans will hope North Carolina plays out similarly as Kentucky, but there is no denying that if UNC does in fact come calling, it would be tough for Oats to not at least listen.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the day, it seems Oats is committed to being in Tuscaloosa and wants to build his own championship level program at Alabama. But you can never say never.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The\u00a0Alabama Crimson Tide is getting set to play\u00a0the biggest game of the\u00a0season on Friday night against\u00a0No. 1 seed Michigan with a trip to the Elite <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/do-alabama-fans-need-to-fear-nate-oats-to-unc\/\" title=\"Do Alabama Fans Need to Fear Nate Oats to UNC?\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4874,"featured_media":1049502,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[122,91,147],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1184096","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-al-basketball","8":"category-alabama","9":"category-featured-news"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/dbf032023006_sds_ala.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4874"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1184096"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1184099,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184096\/revisions\/1184099"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1049502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1184096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1184096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1184096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}