SPOTTED: Alabama MBB HC Nate Oats attends the Week 1 showdown against Western Kentucky

Nate Oats, the Alabama men's basketball coach, was out and about on Saturday. Oats was seen among the crowd at Bryant-Denny Stadium watching the season-opening game between Western Kentucky and Alabama football.

AL.com shared a picture of the two-time SEC champion coach on X walking through the stands, decked out in Alabama red.

The Crimson Tide football team, led by their new coach Kalen DeBoer, made a solid start to the campaign as they thrashed Western Kentucky 63-0. Alabama’s quarterback Jalen Milroe delivered a dominant display scoring five touchdowns — three through the air and two on the ground. He finished the game with 200 passing yards.

Nate Oats led Alabama to the Final Four in the NCAA tournament last season. Since coming to Tuscaloosa five years ago, Oats has completely revamped the team bringing them back to the spotlight.

Oats agreed to a contract extension in March, which will keep him at Alabama till 2030. He will earn $5 million in the first year, with his salary increasing to $7.55 million by the final year.

College hoops insider projects Nate Oats' Alabama as top-ranked team in upcoming season

Nate Oats will have a chance to lead Alabama basketball to its first-ever national championship this season. CBS Sports college hoops insider Jon Rothstein currently ranks Alabama as the preseason No. 1 team in the country.

For the first time in recent Crimson Tide history, the basketball team might have as good as or better shot at winning the national championship than the football team.

Six players in total left the program this offseason. To fill the void, he added Auburn transfer Aden Holloway, Chris Youngblood, and Rutgers transfer Clifford Omoruyi. Four recruits also joined the roster: Derrion Reid, Aiden Sherrell, Labaron Philon, and Naas Cunningham, per 247sports.