Nate Pomeday Position: Assistant Coach Experience: 4th Year Alma Mater: Northwestern, 1999

Nate Pomeday enters his fourth year as an assistant coach with the Oregon State men's basketball program.

In his first three seasons at Oregon State, Pomeday has helped lead the Beavers to their most wins since the 1990 to 1992 seasons, two postseason tournament berths and three nationally-ranked recruiting classes.

At Oregon State, Pomeday assists in all aspects of the program, including national and international recruiting, scouting reports, game plans, practices and working with community and booster clubs.

Prior to joining Oregon State, Pomeday served as an assistant coach at Lake Forest (Ill.) Academy. In three seasons at Lake Forest Academy, Pomeday helped lead the squad to three straight Independent School League titles. Under his guidance, where he specialized in skill development for junior varsity and varsity basketball players, several members of the program went on to receive Division I men's basketball scholarships.

Prior to arriving at Lake Forest, Pomeday served as the head coach at Calumet College (Ind.) of St. Joseph, where he was the head coach for four seasons. When he was named the head coach for the start-up NAIA Division II program in August 2000, Pomeday was the youngest head men's basketball coach in the nation.

While at Calumet College of St. Joseph, Pomeday produced an increase in wins each year and brought the program to the upper echelon of the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference. During his four seasons, several players were named CCAC all-conference and one earned NAIA Div. II All-America honors.

His additional coaching experience includes working with Full Package Athletics, Inc., where Pomeday served as the Director of Basketball Operations for two years and served as the head coach for the Under-17 AAU team.

Pomeday attended Northwestern University where he was a standout guard for the Wildcats for four seasons and received his bachelor's degree in communications and master's degree in sports administration. In addition, he spent four seasons as the color commentator for the men's basketball program on WGN Radio.

Pomeday and his wife, Heidi, live in Corvallis and have a daughter, Everley.