Bath played football at Miami as a quarterback from 1997 to 2000. He was a three year starter at Miami, and finished his career with 7,010 passing yards and 49 passing touchdowns.
Coaching career
After a two year stint as a high school assistant coach in Celina, OH, he began his college coaching career at his alma mater in 2004, serving as a graduate assistant for two years before being elevated to a full-time position for three more. In between his two coaching stints at Miami, he was the offensive coordinator, quarterbacks, and wide receivers coach at Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio, from 2009 to 2010. Bath was an assistant coach at the University of Wyoming from 2014 to 2018 and Western Michigan University from 2019 to 2021.
^ abDon Treadwell served as Miami's head coach for the first five games of the season 2011 season before he was fired. Bath was appointed interim head coach for the remainder of the season. Miami finished the year with an overall record of 0–12 and a mark of 0–8 in conference play.