Alabama HC Nate Oats receives high honor from USA basketball with AJ Dybantsa, Koa Peat and others part of 2025 USA U19 training camp

Alabama coach Nate Oats received a prestigious honor as he was selected to serve as a court coach for the 2025 USA Men’s U19 National Team training camp. The Crimson Tide celebrated him on social media, with the camp set to take place this week at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.

On Monday, AlabamaMBB shared an Instagram post hyping Oats, with AJ Dybantsa and Koa Peat set to be part of the program. USA Basketball invited 33 of the nation’s top young players to compete for a spot on the 12-player roster. The final team that will represent the country at the 2025 FIBA U19 Men’s World Cup in Switzerland.

“Our guy @nateoats at @usabasketball U19 Training Camp 🇺🇸,” AlabamaMBB wrote.

The training camp will begin on Saturday, with the final roster announced before the team departs for the international competition. The 2025 U19 national team will be led by Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd, with Texas Tech’s Grant McCasland and Notre Dame’s Micah Shrewsberry serving as assistant coaches. Oats will be as one of three court coaches, alongside North Carolina’s Hubert Davis and Kentucky’s Mark Pope.

Oats is entering his seventh season with the Crimson Tide and has built an impressive 145-63 record. He has transformed Alabama into one of college basketball’s elite programs. Under his leadership, it has reached back-to-back Elite Eight appearances, a first in program history.

Last season, the Crimson Tide set a new school record for points in a single season, finishing with 3,355 points. They also led the nation in scoring, averaging 90.7 points per game.

Nate Oats discusses Alabama’s point guard situation ahead of 2025-26 season

Alabama had a significant roster turnover this offseason. This includes four players exhausting their college eligibility, four who transferred and one declaring early for the 2025 NBA draft. However, Crimson Tide coach Nate Oats reloaded the team.

During his May 14 appearance at the Regions Tradition golf tournament in Birmingham, Oats addressed Alabama's lack of depth at the point guard position.

The program brought in four players through the transfer portal and added three highly-rated freshmen in 2025 class. Aden Holloway stands out as the only "true" point guard on the roster.

“Obviously, we think (Latrell) Wrightsell and (Houston) Mallette can play a little point guard,” Oats said, via Bama Central. “That’s definitely a little bit of an issue. Holloway’s definitely there.”

Last season, Holloway played primarily as Alabama's sixth man, sharing the floor with Mark Sears and Labaron Philon, who are both no longer with the Tide. Wrightsell and Mallette were projected as primary shooting guards.

Oats remained confident in his system’s flexibility. He pointed to past success with unorthodox lineups during his second year at Alabama.

“We can play where you’ve got a big creating wing,” Oats said. “We don’t necessarily have to play with just a point guard, with the way we play and how we have multiple handlers playing as fast as we do. I think you can play with a three or four handling the ball a lot, being a creator for us, especially with how well some of those guys shoot it off the ball.”

As the 2025-26 season approaches, the Crimson Tide's unique roster construction will have Oats continue to adapt his system to the personnel at hand.