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Greg Goff was the first candidate University of Alabama Director of Athletics Bill Battle interviewed for his vacant baseball head coaching position.
Of the three finalists interviewed in person for the job — Goff, Tulane’s David Pierce and East Carolina’s Cliff Godwin — Goff, from Louisiana Tech, won out because of the qualities that stood out to Battle. Namely energy and passion.
“The first two things I look for are character and will he try to accomplish our mission,” Battle said. “Our mission is to recruit and develop, and those are big parts of the coaching challenge.