- ABC News
- June 12, 2023
Former Maryland baseball coach and back-to-back Big Ten Coach of the Year Rob Vaughn has left for the same position at Alabama, the school announced Monday. He replaces Brad Bohannon, who was dismissed in May after he was linked to suspicious betting on the Alabama baseball team. Sources told ESPN's David Purdum that Bohannon was seen on surveillance communicating with the person who made the bets in question. Pitching coach Jason Jackson was elevated to interim coach after Bohannon's dismissal and led the team to a 13-6 record. Alabama hosted its first regional since 2007, winning all three games to advance to the super regional round, where it lost at Wake Forest. Jackson was retained and elevated to associate head coach. He will continue to serve as pitching coach as well. "I could not be prouder of the job coach Jackson did in serving as our interim head coach for the final six weeks of the season," Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne said in a statement. "He was incredible...