"I am ecstatic to be at Upper Iowa and returning home to northeast Iowa," said Oakland. The Cedar Falls native comes to Upper Iowa from Fargo, N.D., where he served as an assistant coach with the women's basketball program at North Dakota State University, a NCAA Division I member of the Summit League, for the last two years. Nate's ties to Iowa and coaching acumen will lead us on that path to success." We are looking forward to having a championship women's basketball program, in every phase of the program, from academics to the quality of play and growth of all the team members very, very soon. I will do everything I can to help him be successful here. I am extraordinarily confident that he is the person to fix this program. "We had a huge pool of quality candidates for this head women's basketball coaching position, and after an extensive process, Nate rose to the top of the pool.
"I am thrilled to be able to bring Nate Oakland into the Upper Iowa University family," said Hartzell. Oakland will be the 14th head coach in the 44-year history of the Peacock women's basketball.
Upper Iowa University Director of Athletics Rick Hartzell announced Nate Oakland as the new head coach of the Peacock women's basketball program on Tuesday. Weaver has had an impressive coaching career as he has had the opportunity to coach on the collegiate and high school levels. His coaching career is outlined as follows:ġ982-87 Southeast Missouri State Assistant Coachġ988-89 Missouri Southern College Assistant Coachġ993-96 Alcorn State University Head Coachġ996-98 Iowa State University Associate Head Coachġ998-01 Northern Iowa Head Assistant CoachĢ001-02 Clarksville High School Head Boy's CoachĢ002-04 Mississippi State University Assistant CoachĢ004-06 Kennett (Missouri) H.S.By: Howie Thompson, Assistant AD for Sports Communication Story Links Weaver served as head basketball coach for three seasons (1998-2001) at the University of Northern Iowa. There, he led the Panthers to six straight wins to begin the 1999-2000 season, recording victories over Iowa State, Alabama, Air Force, and Bowling Green.Īfter his stint at Northern Iowa, Weaver returned to Arkansas in 2001 to coach at Clarksville High School where he led his team to a second place league finish, finishing fourth in the region and appearing in the Arkansas 3-A State Tournament.įrom 1996 to 1998 he served as Associate Head Coach to Tim Floyd at Iowa State University helping lead the Cyclones to the NCAA Sweet 16 in 1997. Weaver recruited eight of the nation's top high school and junior college prospects while at ISU, which prompted national scouting services to rank the class as the top recruiting class in 1997. In 2004, the Bulldogs had a 14-2 record in league play and had a 26-4 record overall. Prior to his move to Henderson, Weaver served as head coach and athletic director at Kennett High School in Kennett, Missouri. Before that, he served as an assistant coach at Mississippi State University (2002-2004). During his two seasons at MSU, the Bulldogs won the SEC West Division championship both years. Weaver has been a coach for more than 30 years, spending over 25 years at the collegiate level. Montevallo needed overtime to end the Reddies season with a 66-58 win, leaving Weaver with an end of the season record of 23-9. As a result, Henderson was granted an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament and opened with 58-44 victory over Barry. He implemented his style of basketball and it wasn't long before the Reddies were back on the winning trail.ĭespite being picked to finish sixth in the Gulf South Conference preseason poll by the league's coaches, Weaver led HSU to the West Division and a GSC Tournament Runner-up finish. Weaver comes to PSC after serving five seasons as head coach of the Henderson State University men's basketball administration. Weavers' responsibilities at Henderson State included: recruiting, scouting, teaching, game film exchange, weight program implementation, budget management, and on the court coaching.ĭuring his first year at Henderson, Weaver led the Reddies to the NCAA South Region Tournament after a three year absence. Coach Weaver is in his second season with the Philander Smith College men's basketball staff. He is currently serving as the head men's coach and Athletic Director for the Panthers.
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