Alabama Athletic Director, Greg Byrne, landed another massive head coach for the Crimson Tide program on Monday by hiring Maryland’s baseball coach, Rob Vaughn. Byrne deserves a lot of recognition for his ability to land and maintain the right coaches and he is a key reason Alabama athletics are all as great as they are.
For the Tide, it is a home-run-hire after having to let go of former head coach Brad Bohannon during SEC play. Fortunately, incoming head coach Rob Vaughn has been incredible with the Terps the last two seasons by winning the Big Ten regular season title in 2022 and 2023, the Big Ten tournament title in 2023 and Big Ten Coach of the Year in both 2022 and 2023. Not too shabby for a coach who will only be 36 years old entering the SEC next season.
The Tide are coming off of an outstanding season where they advanced all the way to the NCAA Super Regionals before being defeated by No. 1 Wake Forest. Vaughn had his first meeting with the press on Tuesday.