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

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coach and former

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. He is the head baseball coach at

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. Goff played college baseball at Jackson State Community College from 1990 to 1991 and

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from 1992 to 1993. He served as the head coach at the University of Montevallo from 2004 to 2007,

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from 2008 to 2014,

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from 2015 to 2016 and the

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in 2017.

Coaching career

Goff was hired as the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team on June 17, 2016. He led the team to a 19–34–1 season before being fired for possibly violating NCAA rules by seeking to revoke some player scholarships. Following his dismissal, Mark Wasikowski hired Goff as a volunteer assistant for the

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baseball staff. 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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