Nathan Choate

Nathan Choate (born October 22, 1978) is an American college baseball coach and former pitcher. He is the head baseball coach at Washington State University. From 2020 to 2023, he was the head coach at 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.

Playing career
Choate attended Esperanza High School where he was a member of the school's baseball team. After graduation, Choate choose to attend Santa Ana College. After two seasons at Santa Ana, Choate transferred to Cal Poly.

Coaching career
In 2006, Choate served as pitching coach of the Hyannis Mets, a collegiate summer baseball team in the Cape Cod Baseball League.

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

On June 23, 2023, Choate was announced as the new head coach at Washington State.