Rob Vaughn leaves Maryland, joins Alabama as baseball coach - ESPN

Former Maryland baseball coach and back-to-back Big Ten Conference Coach of the Year Rob Vaughn has left for the same position at Alabama, the school announced on Monday.

He replaces Brad Bohannon, who was dismissed in May after he was linked to suspicious betting g on the Alabama baseball team. Sources told ESPN's David Purdum that Bohannon was seen on surveillance communicating with the person who made the bets in question.

Pitching coach Jason Jackson was elevated to interim coach following Bohannon's dismissal and led the team a 13-6 record. Alabama hosted its first regional since 2007, winning all three games to advance to the Super Regional round where it lost at Wake Forest.

Jackson was retained and elevated to associate head coach. He will continue to serve as pitching coach as well.

«I could not be prouder of the job coach Jackson did in serving as our interim head coach for the final six weeks of the season,» Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne said in a statement. «He was incredible at managing a tough situation and ultimately leading this team somewhere it had not been in quite some time. He has great relationships with our team, the department, our fans and beyond, and we are thrilled to keep JJ here in Tuscaloosa and elevate him to associate head coach.»

In a statement, Vaughn said, «I cannot wait to get started and help get this group… back to Omaha.»

Vaughn spent the last six seasons at Maryland where he compiled a 183-117 record. He was an assistant on staff for the Terps from 2013-17.

In 2022, he led the school to its first Big Ten Championship.

«We are thrilled to welcome Rob Vaughn as the next head baseball coach at The University of Alabama,» Byrne said. «I talked to a number of people throughout