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Nate Bates

NC: Greensboro
 
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I am entering my 21st year a lacrosse coach with over 15 at the college level.

Bates is the Pride's seventh men's lacrosse mentor dating to the program's inception in 1991.

The position is Bates' fourth head coaching post in the college ranks and second in the USA South Athletic Conference (USA South). The 21-year coaching veteran also has extensive experience in the North Carolina lacrosse scene.

No stranger to the North Carolina men's lacrosse scene, Bates recently served a two-year stint as the Head Coach of Elon University's club team. While at Elon, he served on the SouthEastern Lacrosse Conference, part of the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association.

Bates started the men's lacrosse program at USA South-rival William Peace University. He recruited 32 student-athletes for the Pacers' inaugural season in 2018 as William Peace scored conference victories in their first season. His team featured the USA South's Rookie of the Year and boasted eight all-conference honorees. In addition to his lacrosse duties, Bates served as the Pacers' strength and conditioning coach.

Bates was Guilford College's assistant men's lacrosse coach alongside former Charlotte Hounds assistant Tom Carmean for six seasons. The 2011 Quakers enjoyed an instant six-win improvement in Bates' first season while the 2015 club registered ten wins for the first time in 23 years. Inside Lacrosse named the 2011 Quakers the number one turnaround team in Division III. Guilford had its best Old Dominion Athletic Conference finish in school history, made its first appearance in the ODAC Men's Lacrosse Tournament, advanced to the ODAC Quarterfinals in 2015 and 2016, doubled its team grade-point average, and fulfilled an ambitious community-service schedule in Bates' tenure.

Outside the collegiate realm, Bates served two stints with the Carolina Hilltoppers Select Lacrosse Club from 2011 to 2016, returning in 2019. He helped develop the club's players into student-athletes at all levels of college lacrosse.

Prior to his tenure at Guilford, Bates spent three seasons with multiple roles as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Messiah College where the Falcons won the Middle Atlantic Conference Regular Season title in 2008. He also served as the boys' lacrosse coach and assistant athletic director at Heritage Christian School in Indiana.

Bates earned his bachelor's of science degree in sport management from Taylor University in Upland, Indiana, where he later served five years as the school's club men's lacrosse coach.

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