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She became an educator in Indianapolis, first taking a position at Warren Central High School and later becoming an assistant principal at Pike High School. At Pike, she coached teams to girls’ state titles in 2012 and 2015 and runner-up finishes in 2014 and 2016. She became the first woman in Indiana to both compete for and coach a state championship team.

Nathan left coaching after 2017, staying until Lynna Irby left Pike. When Irby was a freshman, Nathan said it was her job to put the sprinter in position to make history, and the teenager did so. Irby achieved the unprecedented feat of becoming a four-time Indiana champion in the 100, 200, and 400 meters (2014–17).

Nathan might have achieved more in her own track and field career but expressed no disappointment. Her legacy is secure. She attributed temporary setbacks to stubbornness in wrestling with God.

“Finally pulled it all together in 1999 and 2000. Now I see it for the way it was,” she said. “He was trying to save my life. It’s my story. It’s my testimony. And I’m saved by it.”