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10 potential candidates to replace Brad Bohannon as Alabama’s next head baseball coach

Alabama fired head baseball coach Brad Bohannon on Thursday amid sports betting probe in Ohio. Roll Tide Wire takes a look at 10 candidates to replace Bohannon next season.

Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne decided to fire Alabama head baseball coach Brad Bohannon on Thursday. This news comes mere days after an alleged suspicious wager was placed on the Alabama-LSU game in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The Tide currently have a 31-15 record while going 10-12 in the conference.

In the wake of Bohannon’s firing, the Tide defeated No. 5 Vanderbilt by a final score of 11-2. Interim head coach Jason Jackson picked up his first win just hours after Bohannon was fired.

Roll Tide Wire takes a look at 10 potential candidates to replace former Alabama head baseball coach Brad Bohannon. Some of the options might be surprising, but don’t be too quick to dismiss these possible head coaches.

Alabama Baseball HC Brad Bohannon fired amid sports betting probe in Ohio

Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne announced the termination process for Alabama baseball head coach Brad Bohannon. This comes just days after sports bets in Ohio were halted following some suspension after the Alabama-LSU series over the weekend.

Alabama baseball head coach Brad Bohannon was fired on Thursday morning. Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne initiated a statement regarding the decision to terminate Bohannon. The statement reads the following:

“Alabama director of athletics Greg Byrne announced he has initiated the termination process for head baseball coach Brad Bohannon for, among other things, violating the standards, duties, and responsibilities expected of University employees. Bohannon has been relieved of all duties and Jason Jackson will serve as the interim head coach. There will be no further comment at this time pending an ongoing review.”

The news comes just days after ‘suspicious wagering activity’ took place in the state of Ohio. Following the Alabama-LSU baseball series over the weekend, suspicion arose from LSU’s Game 1 victory. The suspicion caused the state of Ohio and its sportsbook bettors to halt sports betting on the Alabama baseball program for the time being.

Bohannon began his seventh season at Alabama in 2023. As Alabama’s head coach, he attained a 166-124 record. With his departure, pitching coach Jason Jackson will serve as the interim head coach. Jackson has been a part of the coaching staff since 2017.

Roll Tide Wire will continue to follow the Alabama baseball program.

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Alabama baseball receives votes in latest USA TODAY Sports coaches poll

Alabama baseball receives votes after a three-game sweep over Missouri.

With seven SEC teams in the top 25, the conference is an absolute gauntlet. The Crimson Tide have an overall record of 29-12 but are even against conference opponents at 9-9.

After a strong three-game series sweep against Missouri, Alabama receives votes in the latest USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll, but still aren’t all too close to cracking the top 25.

The Tide’s upcoming schedule is a tough one as they’ll travel to Baton Rouge to take on LSU and then head back to Tuscaloosa to play Vanderbilt. With roughly a month to go in the season, Alabama still has time to beef up its record.

A look at the full Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports:

Rank Team Record Points Change
1 LSU 32-7 769 (27) –
2 Wake Forest 34-6 738 (1) –
3 South Carolina 34-6 725 (3) +3
4 Florida 31-10 644 -1
5 Vanderbilt 29-11 621 -1
6 Arkansas 30-10 600 -1
7 Coastal Carolina 26-12 551 +6
8 Stanford 25-12 523 +1
9 Campbell 31-8 454 +3
10 Virginia 32-9 428 -3
11 Kentucky 30-9 424 –
12 Boston College 27-12 403 +5
13 Connecticut 29-11 394 +2
14 East Carolina 29-11 366 -6
15 Texas Tech 29-13 251 +4
16 Tennessee 26-14 242 +4
17 Miami 25-15 234 +1
18 Arizona State 27-12 221 +3
19 Louisville 26-13 207 -9
20 Dallas Baptist 31-9 194 +7
21 West Virginia 29-11 189 +11
22 Duke 27-12 155 +15
23 Oregon 26-12 118 –
24 Oklahoma State 28-13 103 –
25 Indiana 30-11 84 +6

Schools Dropped Out

No. 14 Texas; No. 16 North Carolina; No. 22 UCLA; No. 25 Oregon State

Others Receiving Votes

Oregon State 80; North Carolina 74; Indiana State 52; Texas 49; Texas San Antonio 47; Florida Gulf Coast 29; Alabama 22; UCLA 18; Northeastern 18; Texas A&M 14; USC 11; Troy 7; Southern Miss 6; Georgia 4; North Carolina State 2; UC Santa Barbara 1; Oral Roberts 1; Maryland 1; Iowa 1

SERIES RECAP: Alabama baseball earns series sweep over Missouri

Recapping Alabama baseball’s sweep of the Missouri Tigers!

After a much-needed series win last weekend over arch-rival Auburn in Tuscaloosa, coach Brad Bohannon and the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team got another SEC series win with a road sweep of the Missouri Tigers.

Thanks to winning consecutive conference series, Alabama now sits with a 9-9 record in SEC play before back-to-back series against the SEC’s top schools, the LSU Tigers and the Vanderbilt Commodores.

Before we shift our focus to the midweek matchup against Samford and then the Bayou Bengals in Baton Rouge, let’s take a quick look and recap this weekend’s series win in Columbia over the Missouri Tigers.

Alabama baseball drops first midweek game of season with 4-3 loss to UAB

Errors lead to Alabama’s first midweek loss of the season!

Alabama baseball’s midweek winning streak in the 2023 season has officially come to an end. After an error-filled out on Tuesday night, the Crimson Tide dropped an extra inning matchup to the UAB Blazer, 4-3.

Alabama took an early 2-0 lead thanks to a two-run home run by Andrew Pinckney in the top of the second. The Tide would hold that lead until an error in the fifth allowed the Blazers to score two unearned runs to tie things up.

The Tide and Blazers would battle it out for 11 innings until a grounder to first was missed, allowing the winning run to score.

Alabama drops to 26-12 on the season and has a crucial SEC series on the road at Missouri this weekend.

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Alabama baseball defeats Auburn 6-1 to take series against Tigers

Alabama baseball gets massive series win over the Auburn Tigers!

The Alabama baseball team defeated the Auburn Tigers on Sunday 6-1 and in doing so won its first series of SEC play this season. After Auburn took game one on Friday night, the Crimson Tide rallied to win on both Saturday and Sunday to get the series win.

With the win, Alabama now sits at 26-11 overall and 6-9 in SEC play and has a chance to make a late-season push to get to .500 within the conference.

Offensively, Alabama was led by Jim Jarvis. Mac Guscette and Andrew Pickney, all contributed two-hit games. Jarvis finished 2-for-4 with a triple, one RBI and two runs scored, one of which came on a steal of home. Guscette went 2-for-4 with a run, while Pinckney posted a 2-for-3 performance that included a walk and two runs scored.

Next up for the Crimson Tide is a midweek game in Birmingham against the UAB Blazer on Tuesday night!

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Alabama baseball evens series with Auburn with 4-2 win on Saturday

Alabama baseball gets a huge win on Saturday to even the series with Auburn!

Thanks to a strong five-inning showing from senior pitcher Garrett McMillian, the Alabama baseball team was able to even the three-game series against Auburn, 4-2 on Saturday.

Despite being on a pitch count, McMillian tossed 5.0-plus scoreless innings surrendering just one hit while striking out four batters.

Offensively, Alabama was only able to muster five hits on the night but thanks to eight walks and three hit-by-pitch, the Tide was able to outscore the Tigers.

Alabama and Auburn will play for the series on Sunday. Alabama will send right-hander Jacob McNairy to the hill with Auburn calling on Christian Herberholz, also a righty. Fans can catch the series finale live on SEC Network+.

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Alabama baseball drops series opener against Auburn in embarrassing fashion

Not the way Alabama needed the series to start!

In a pivotal home series against arch-rival Auburn, Brad Bohannon and the Alabama baseball dropped the series opener 8-4.

The Tigers held an 8-0 lead heading into the bottom of the ninth until the Alabama bats finally decided to wake up, but the comeback attempt was too little, too late.

With the loss, Alabama falls to 24-11 on the season and an abysmal 4-9 in SEC play.

If the Crimson Tide has hopes of winning its first series in conference play this season, Alabama will have to play much better on Saturday and Sunday.

This is do-or-die time for the boys on the diamond!

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Behind Enemy Lines: Taylor Jones of Auburn Wire previews pivotal series between Tide and Tigers

Auburn Wire previews the pivotal series between Alabama and Auburn on the baseball diamond this weekend!

One of the most critical series for Alabama baseball in recent memory will take place this weekend when the Crimson Tide take on their in-state rivals the Auburn Tigers.

Alabama has yet to win a conference series this season and the schedule will not get any easier in the rugged SEC.

This is not only a must wins series for the Crimson Tide, but Auburn is also in desperate need of a series win in conference play.

Alabama’s bullpen has struggled this season and has led to several of the Crimson Tide’s losses. Auburn’s starting rotation has been up and down and that has led to the Tigers’ struggles this season.

Let’s go behind enemy lines with Taylor Jones of Auburn Wire to preview the pivotal series between Alabama and Auburn.

Alabama falls, but remains inside top 25 in latest USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll

Alabama baseball is 17-4 and just barely inside the top 25 in the latest USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll.

Alabama baseball opened the season strong and is still considered a top-25 team in the nation, but has fallen in recent weeks.

In the last USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll, Alabama fell a few spots after losing two of three to Columbia. Now, the Crimson Tide dropped another three spots after only winning one contest of the three-game series against a top-five Florida team.

A look at the full Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports:

Rank Team Record Points Change
1 LSU  18-2 773 (29) –
2 Wake Forest 18-3 672 (1) +3
3 Florida 18-4 671 +1
3 Arkansas 18-2 671 +3
5 Vanderbilt 16-5 651 +3
6 Louisville 17-2 602 +1
7 Virginia 17-2 542 +3
8 UCLA 15-3 523 +4
9 Stanford 13-5 506 –
10 East Carolina 16-4 491 +1
11 South Carolina 20-1 468 (1) +3
12 Tennessee 15-6 426 -10
13 Ole Miss 14-6 396 -10
14 Texas Tech 18-4 373 +5
15 Oklahoma State 16-5 294 -2
16 North Carolina 15-5 273 +4
17 Boston College 14-3 222 +7
18 Texas A&M 14-6 203 -3
19 Campbell 15-3 194 +4
20 Miami 14-6 186 +6
21 Missouri 16-3 153 –
22 Kentucky 18-2 138 +15
23 Florida Gulf Coast 16-4 108 +5
24 North Carolina State 15-5 87 -7
25 Alabama 17-4 76 -3

Schools Dropped Out

No. 16 Virginia Tech; No. 18 Texas Christian; No. 21 Florida State; No. 25 Southern Miss

Others Receiving Votes

Texas Christian 59; UC Santa Barbara 52; Iowa 43; West Virginia 38; Virginia Tech 34; Old Dominion 25; Grand Canyon 25; Southern Miss 23; Florida State 16; Auburn 16; Oregon State 9; Arizona 8; Texas San Antonio 6; Duke 6; Connecticut 5; Northeastern 4; Georgia Tech 4; Georgia St. 2; Wofford 1

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