Nathan Ott

Biography

Nathan Ott enters his first season as Abilene Christian's throws coach for the 2025-26 season. Immediately before joining ACU, Ott spent three years as the Assistant Coach for Throws at Penn State. During his coaching career, Ott has coached All-Americans in each of the throwing events – indoors and outdoors. In his three years at Penn State, Ott mentored a pair of First Team All-Americans (Mallory Kauffman and Tyler Merkley) and coached athletes who broke three school records. During his time at Penn State, Ott coached throwers to 17 All-Big 10 spots. Coach Ott has also had tremendous success with throwers in the post-collegiate world. These throwers include Brooke Andersen (2 nd in the U.S.A. championships hammer throw last month and the 2022 World Champion in the hammer), Nayoka Clunis (Jamaican national hammer throw champ), Beatrice Llano (Norwegian national hammer throw champ and a 2024 Olympian), and Stamatia Scarvelis (Greek national hammer throw champ and 2024 Olympian). When Clunis qualified for the 2023 World Championships 2023, she became the first Jamaican in history to go to the championships in that event. Before Penn State, Ott spent a season at former WAC foe Grand Canyon University, where he coached Israel Oloyede to the best collegiate hammer throw of the year (sixth-best of all-time) to take fifth place at the USATF Championships. Ott coached Oloyede to a second-team All-American selection and a 10th-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Champions