After two seasons as an assistant coach with the Grand Rapids Gold in the G League, Nate Babcock joined the Georgia Tech men’s basketball staff as quality control coach in June of 2023. He returns to the collegiate ranks after nine years on the professional level.
Babcock helps oversee and install basketball concepts and strategy for the Yellow Jackets, assist with player development and assist with practice and game planning.
Prior to his time in Grand Rapids, the G League affiliate of the Denver Nuggets, Babcock spent seven years in various support roles in the NBA and G League. He joined the Gold after three years as the special assistant to the head coach with the Atlanta Hawks organization where he assisted with player development as well as opponent scouting and game preparation.
Prior to his time with Atlanta, Babcock was the head video coordinator for the Brooklyn Nets from 2016-18 and was an assistant coach for the Erie Bayhawks of the G League from 2014-16.
He served as an assistant coach for the Grand Valley State University men’s basketball program from 2012-14 after spending four years (2009-12) as a graduate assistant and special assistant for the Michigan State University men’s team during which time the Spartans won two Big Ten titles and went to the NCAA Final Four in 2010.
Babcock was born in Phoenix, Ariz., and spent most of his childhood in Minneapolis, Minn. He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from Wisconsin-Eau Claire in 2009 and received a master’s degree in kinesiology from Michigan State in 2011.
Babcock’s late father, Rob, was a former NBA general manager with 30 years of front office experience and his brother, Chris, is a scout for the Cleveland Cavaliers after previously serving as director of player development for the 76ers. His uncles, Dave and Pete, are longtime league executives, with Dave currently serving as director of player personnel for the Milwaukee Bucks and Pete having served as Hawks’ general manager from 1990-2003.
Babcock and his wife, Kelley, were married in September of 2022.
