Nate Champion

Nate Champion (born December 1, 1991)

Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Le Moyne Dolphins
Current conference: Northeast Conference (NEC)
Le Moyne record^: 61-56 (.541)
Overall record^: 61-56 (.541)

Career Accomplishments:

• NCAA National Championships:  0
• NCAA Tournament Appearances:  0
• NIT Championships:  0
• NIT Appearances:  0
• NEC Regular Season Champion:  0
• NEC Tournament Champion:  0
• NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances:  1  (2020)

Awards:

• NE-10 (Div II) Coach of the Year:  1  (2020)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

2019-present	Le Moyne
2017-2019	Florida Southern (asst)
2016-2017	Stonehill (vol. asst)
2014-2015	Le Moyne (grad. asst)

Nate Champion Facts

• Nathan John Champion
• Born December 1, 1991
• Hometown: Logansport, Indiana
• Alma Mater: Le Moyne College (BA, 2014)
• Graduated from Logansport HS (IN) and then went East to play for Steve Evans at Le Moyne (NY)
  • Spent four seasons with the then D-II program, and as a senior helped lead the Dolphins to the D-II NCAA Tournament for the first time in 17 years; won All-NE10 Third-Team honors
  • Served as a graduate assistant for one season on Evans’ staff, then played briefly in Australia
• Started his coaching career as a volunteer assistant at then D-II Stonehill under head coach Chris Kraus
• First full-time assistant job was under Mike Donnelly at Florida Southern, also in the NE-10
  • The Mocs went 46-19 in his two seasons there and reached the D-II NCAA Tournament both years
• Returned to his alma mater Le Moyne in 2019 to become the head coach
  • Named NE-10 COY in his first season and got the Dolphins to the 2020 NCAA Tournament, though it was cancelled due to COVID-19; their entire 2020-21 season was also later cancelled
  • The school announced in May 2023 that all athletic programs would be joining Division I and the Northeast Conference (NEC) starting with the 2023-24 season

Nate Champion Coaching Tree

• coming soon

 

^ overall record includes head coaching positions at both the NCAA Division I and Division II levels; Le Moyne was a Division II program prior to the 2023-24 season