Cal Watson

Biography

Personal Information Hometown: Urbandale, Iowa Education: Oklahoma, 2024 (bachelor's); Oklahoma, 2026 (master's) Birthday: August 24 Coaching Experience 2026-present: Alabama, Director of Scouting and Analytics/Assistant Coach 2024-26: Oklahoma, Graduate Assistant Cal Watson will enter his first season with the Alabama women's basketball team during the 2026-27 campaign after being named director of scouting and analytics/assistant coach by head coach Pauline Love on April 20. "Cal is one of the brightest young minds in the game when it comes to scouting and analytics," said Love. "He has an elite ability to turn data into winning decisions, and, more importantly, he understands how to translate that to our players and staff. Cal is going to play a major role in how we prepare and develop and, ultimately, how we win at Alabama." Oklahoma - Graduate Assistant/Practice Player (2021-26) Spent five seasons at Oklahoma, serving as a graduate assistant (2024-26) and team practice player (2021-24) The Sooners recorded back-to-back 25-plus win seasons and two Sweet 16 appearances in the NCAA Tournament during his two seasons as a graduate assistant During his assistantship, Watson contributed to the daily operations for the Sooners, including on-court player development, game planning and scouting Assisted the coaching staff in the recruiting process by organizing team and youth camps, tracking evaluations of prospective student-athletes (PSA) and updating PSA schedules Aided in deve