Alabama basketball head coach Nate Oats has married Alex Accetta, a former staffer with the programme's basketball department, in a ceremony held over the weekend. The wedding, attended by several Crimson Tide coaching staff and athletes, comes after Oats's divorce from his previous wife and highlights a notable 20-year age gap between the pair.

Oats, 51, and Accetta, 31, previously worked together within Alabama's basketball operations before their relationship developed. The union follows the breakdown of Oats's earlier marriage, and details of the ceremony emerged via coverage of the college basketball world's reaction to the news.