Nate Oats has a chance to make history over the next three weekends, not that he knows it or cares. History doesn’t play for Robert Morris, Alabama’s first-round opponent Friday in the NCAA Tournament. Former Pinson Valley High School star Kam Woods does, and if you know anything about Oats, you know one thing. The Alabama coach is focusing his abundant energy on the challenge right in front of him, not the reward four, five or six wins ahead.
That doesn’t exactly separate him from the other 63 coaches that over the next two days, the best two days in sports, will start sweating through their polos, quarter-zips or - in Oats' case - snappy sport coats in their quest to survive and advance.
Here is what does set him apart.
