First year Auburn softball coach Mickey Dean came to the Plains with the reputation as a pitcher’s coach. His time at James Madison demonstrated how he could take a small school with a limited budget and develop the program into a regular among the Nation’s top ranked teams. Dean’s approach was that everything starts and ends with pitching. Teams can be extremely successful with premier pitching, even with an average roster.
What would happen if you combined top level pitching with premier recruiting and a program on the rise?
That’s exactly what Auburn softball fans have been so eager to see.