The University of Alabama’s baseball program has been reeling this week after multiple states halted betting on its games and, just days later, the head coach was fired.

Sportsbook surveillance video indicates the person who placed “suspicious” bets on an Alabama-LSU baseball game was communicating with Alabama baseball coach Brad Bohannon at the time.

Earlier on Thursday, Alabama announced the decision to fire Bohannon, less than three days after the story of “suspicious wagering activity” surfaced.

Here’s a look at what we know today.

What prompted the halt to baseball betting?

Suspicious wagering around the April 28th Alabama-LSU game prompted the action.

The Ohio Casino Control Commission — which halted bets on Alabama baseball on Monday after an independent monitoring service alerted them last weekend — told AL.com it has been in contact with the NCAA as investigations further develop.

Pennsylvania and New Jersey have since followed suit.

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Ronnie Johns, the chairman of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board, told NOLA.com that one of the bets was a parlay involving the Alabama-LSU game, and another was a “large” straight-up bet on the game. Both wagered LSU would win.

The bets in question were placed at the BetMGM sports book at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, ESPN reported Tuesday.

ESPN also reported that surveillance video from the sportsbook located at the Cincinnati Reds’ Great American Ballpark indicated the person who placed the bets was communicating with Bohannon at the time. ESPN cited multiple anonymous sources with direct information about the investigation.

It has been reported that no student athlete is suspected of being involved.

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Alabama sophomore pitcher Luke Holman was scheduled to start Friday’s game, but according to UA’s game recap, reliever Hagan Banks was told “an hour before” first pitch that he would be starting in Holman’s place. Holman was scratched after experiencing back tightness before the game, The Advocate in Baton Rouge reported. Alabama lost the game, 8-6.

NCAA rules prohibit “participation in sports wagering activities and from providing information to individuals involved in or associated with any type of sports wagering activities concerning intercollegiate, amateur or professional athletics competition,” according to the organization’s website.

As it turns out, “large” in terms of college baseball gambling is a pretty broad term.

To put it simply, an industry insider told AL.com that it is not unusual to see six-figure bets on NFL and major college football games. In comparison, a $5,000 bet on college baseball would be considered “large.”

Who is Brad Bohannon?

Bohannon was a lifer within Southern baseball, making stops at three different college programs as a coach and two more as a player before landing his first head coaching job with Alabama in 2017.

He took over a Crimson Tide program that had two coaches in three seasons, none of which ended with a deep postseason run. In each of his four full campaigns, Alabama won more games than the year prior. And in 2021 Bohannon took the Tide to its first NCAA Regional in seven years.

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Bohannon, 47, was born in Rome, Georgia, and played middle infield at Vanderbilt, the Georgia Institute of Technology and Berry College. He graduated with a master’s degree in business administration while an assistant coach at Wake Forest in 2022.

SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey commented on the “swift action” taken by Alabama in Bohannon’s dismissal.

What does this mean for Alabama baseball?

Hours after Bohannon’s firing, the Tide scored one of their biggest wins of the suddenly chaotic season Thursday night over fifth-ranked Vanderbilt.

Interim head coach Jason Jackson, previously Bohannon’s pitching coach, and Alabama players were not made available to reporters after the game.

Jackson joined Bohannon’s staff shortly after his hiring in June 2017 after spending nine seasons at Florida Atlantic. The Tallahassee, Florida native has also coached at North Florida Community College, Mercer and South Alabama.

The firing comes amid a chaotic year for Crimson Tide sports and weeks after Bohannon and Jackson were sued by a former player, along with UA’s athletic trainer Sean Stryker, due to alleged mistreatment after an injury.

Bohannon had been under contract through June 30, 2025, after signing a two-year extension in 2021. The new deal paid him $475,000 for the 2022 season, with $25,000 raises the following three years.

Other recent high-profile events for Alabama athletics include:

The Jan. 15 shooting death of Jamea Harris on Grace Street near the Strip in Tuscaloosa led to the arrests of then-Alabama basketball player Darius Miles and his friend, Michael Davis, for capital murder. Miles was dismissed from the team the same day.

Two other Alabama basketball players at the time, Brandon Miller and Jaden Bradley, were named in court by law enforcement as being present at the scene but are considered witnesses and not suspects.

Alabama recently suspended freshman defensive back Tony Mitchell from “all team activities,” coach Nick Saban said after the first practice of the spring, after Mitchell was arrested in Holmes County, Florida, and charged with possession of marijuana with intent to sell and/or deliver.

Former G.W. Carver-Montgomery prep star Jaykwon Walton, who last month announced his transfer to the Crimson Tide men’s basketball team, was arrested in Tuscaloosa in April.

Officers smelled marijuana and asked the three occupants to step out of a car. Walton, a front seat passanger, informed an officer of a loaded firearm under his seat. Police also found marijuana in the floorboard, along with two more loaded weapons in the vehicle. Walton was charged with second-degree possession of marijuana and was released after posting $500 bond.

Matt Self, one of the senior members of the University of Alabama’s athletic department and the department’s administrator for the football program, was arrested April 30 by Tuscaloosa police on a domestic violence charge.

Ben Flanagan and The Associated Press contributed to this report.