Greg Goff (born September 24, 1970) is an American

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coach who and former

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. He is the head baseball coach at

Purdue University Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and mone ...

. Goff played college baseball at

Jackson State Community College Jackson State Community College is a public community college in Jackson, Tennessee. It is governed by the Tennessee Board of Regents and offers associate degrees in arts, science, and applied science programs.

from 1990 to 1991 and

Delta State University Delta State University (DSU) is a public university in Cleveland, Mississippi, a city in the Mississippi Delta. History The school was established in 1924 by the State of Mississippi, using the facilities of the former Bolivar County Agricult ...

from 1992 to 1993. He served as the head coach at the

University of Montevallo The University of Montevallo is a public university in Montevallo, Alabama. Founded on October 12, 1896, the university is Alabama's only public liberal arts college and a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. The University of M ...

from 2004 to 2007,

Campbell University Campbell University is a private Baptist university in Buies Creek, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina (Southern Baptist Convention). Southern Baptist ConventionColleges and Universities sbc.n ...

from 2008 to 2014,

Louisiana Tech University Louisiana Tech University (Louisiana Tech, La. Tech, or simply Tech) is a public research university in Ruston, Louisiana. It is part of the University of Louisiana System and classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research acti ...

from 2015 to 2016 and the

University of Alabama The University of Alabama (informally known as Alabama, UA, or Bama) is a public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Established in 1820 and opened to students in 1831, the University of Alabama is the oldest and largest of the publi ...

in 2017.

Coaching career

Goff was hired as the head coach of the

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team on June 17, 2016. Goff led the Crimson Tide to a 19–34–1 season before being fired for possibly seeking to revoke some scholarships of players in violation of NCAA rules. Goff was hired by

Mark Wasikowski Mark P. Wasikowski is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Oregon Ducks baseball team. Wasikowski was a third baseman at Hawaii, Rancho Santiago and Pepperdine and was on the team that won the 1992 College Wo ...

to join the

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staff as a volunteer assistant. Because Goff accepted a volunteer position, Alabama still had to pay his salary over the length of his contract. On June 13, 2019, just two days after Wasikowski left to become the head coach at

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, Goff was promoted to head coach.

Head coaching record

References

External links

Alabama Crimson Tide bio

Campbell Fighting Camels bio
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