In his first public statement, Alabama basketball coach Nate Oats sent his sympathies to the family of the victim, Jamea Jonae Harris. “A daughter and mother who was taken way too soon from a senseless act.'
In a packed interview room just off that hallway, Alabama coach Nate Oats arrived at 12:30 p.m. Monday for the most abnormal of news conferences. Dressed in a jacket and dress shirt instead of the usual practice sweats and with athletics director Greg Byrne in the back of the room, a somber Oats discussed the tragedy that’s suddenly overshadowing a historic season.
“A daughter and mother who was taken way too soon from a senseless act,” Oats said of the 23-year-old victim from Birmingham. “This is an incredibly sad situation and our hearts go out to the loved ones.”“I got a call Sunday morning that alerted me to what’s going on,” Oats said. “I immediately called Greg and we immediately started putting a plan in place to handle situations like this.”
Alabama basketball coach Nate Oats takes questions at his news conference, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023 after the arrest of now-former Crimson Tide player Darius Miles on capital murder charges. For Oats, the job of leading a highly-ranked program in the spotlight takes on a few different dimensions when facing a group of players processing the arrest of a veteran member.
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