Director of athletics Bill Battle has already had several days to get started on his search for the University of Alabama's next baseball coach. While the rest of the college baseball world only learned Mitch Gaspard was resigning on Monday, Battle has known since meeting with the coach on Friday.
He had time to think of what he'd like to see from the Crimson Tide's next coach before leaving for SEC meetings in Destin earlier this week, and already has some characteristics in mind.
"What’d I like to have is somebody that’s had head coaching experience," he said.