Greg Goff named Alabama baseball coach

Greg GoffUniversity of Alabama Director of Athletics Bill Battle announced Friday the hiring of Greg Goff as head baseball coach at the University of Alabama. Goff is the 31st head coach in Alabama history and comes to Tuscaloosa after spending the past two seasons at the helm of the baseball program at Louisiana Tech.

Goff led a resurgence in Ruston in only two seasons at the helm of the Louisiana Tech program. Inheriting a team that won only 15 games in 2014, Goff’s Bulldogs improved to 25-27 in 2015 before a breakthrough 42-20 record in 2016, which included an at-large berth in the NCAA Starkville Regional. It was the Bulldogs’ first NCAA regional appearance in 29 years, dating back to…