Greg Goff (born September 24, 1970) is an American
college baseball
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coach who and former
pitcher
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. He is the head baseball coach at
Purdue University
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. 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
Alabama Crimson Tide baseball
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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
Purdue Boilermakers baseball
The Purdue Boilermakers baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate baseball program of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, United States. The program's first season was in 1888, and it has been a member of the NCAA Division I Big Ten C ...
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
Oregon
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, Goff was promoted to head coach.
Head coaching record
References
External links
Alabama Crimson Tide bioCampbell Fighting Camels bio
1970 births
Living people
Alabama Crimson Tide baseball coaches
Campbell Fighting Camels baseball coaches
Delta State Statesmen baseball players
Delta State Statesmen baseball coaches
Kentucky Wildcats baseball coaches
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs baseball coaches
Montevallo Falcons baseball coaches
Purdue Boilermakers baseball coaches
Southeast Missouri State Redhawks baseball coaches
Jackson State Generals baseball players
People from Jackson, Tennessee
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