TUSCALOOSA -- After the worst Southeastern Conference season in modern history and amid attempted NCAA wrongdoing, Alabama fired first-year baseball coach Greg Goff on Wednesday, the first coaching change in athletic director Greg Byrne’s tenure.
“We felt this was the best decision going forward for our baseball program, and that’s why we made the decision,” Byrne said Wednesday in his first public news conference since being named athletic director in March. “When you look at these situations when it comes to coaches and you decide what is the best long-term solution for the program. Not based off of the season or anything like that, it’s based off of the long-term health of the program.