SEC Rival Considered Vaughn as Potential Replacement

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — In the waning hours of Tuesday evening, the University of Alabama announced that it had agreed to a contract extension with Baseball head coach Rob Vaughn.

Through Vaughn's first two seasons with the Crimson Tide, the Texas native has accrued a record of 74-42, including the program's first 40-win regular season since 2002.

Vaughn's early success and improvement in Tuscaloosa garnered the interest of many schools around the country, including a league rival in Vaughn's home state.

Texas A&M, the SEC rival that heavily looked into Vaughn, ultimately decided to run it back with first-year head coach Michael Earley for another season.

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"Rob Vaughn signed an extension with Alabama Baseball today, per Aaron Suttles," said D1Baseball's Kendal Rogers, "Vaughn was one of three guys that Texas A&M took a hard look at behind the scenes."

Nearly seven months after Texas A&M's Men's College World Series loss to Tennessee and the drama-filled coaching departure of head coach Jim Schlossnagle to Texas, A&M still entered the 2025 campaign widely regarded as one of, if not the, best team in the country.

Despite high preseason expectations and a roster chock-full of talent, Texas A&M stumbled, going 30-26 with an 11-19 record in league play, failing to make the NCAA tournament.

In their regular-season meeting, Alabama swept Texas A&M in College Station.

However, Vaughn's relationship with Texas A&M isn't too friendly, as the Aggies told Vaughn that he wasn't good enough to play in College Station during his playing days.

"My dream was to play baseball at Texas A&M as a kid," Vaughn told Yea Alabama, "and I was told I wasn’t good enough, and I think that always drove me to this element of like, ‘OK, I’ll show you.’ I think that’s how I am, driven more through a challenge than I am validation at times.”

Despite some outside noise, Vaughn remains prepared to continue to build on his success in Tuscaloosa in year three.

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