The highest paid Class 7A head high school softball coach in Alabama makes an annual salary just under $100,000.

Most high school sports coaches are paid a base teaching salary, which is based on their years of teaching experience, as well as a supplemental salary, which may come from public or private funds. Some coaches may also get bonuses for winning a certain number of games or reaching state championships. Total compensation for coaching 7A softball ranges between about $58,000 and 100,000, AL.com found.

AL.com has put together a list of 32 Alabama 7A high school softball coaches, their base salaries, supplements and performance bonuses for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 school year.

Compare salaries to 7A high school football coaches or each district’s average teacher, principal and superintendent pay.

Information was provided in response to public records requests from November to February. Some schools provided salary schedules instead of the specific pay for the coach. Coaches are listed alphabetically, by district.

Kevin Todd, Thompson High School (7A), Alabaster City Schools

Kevin Todd has been head coach of the Thompson High School softball team since 2017.

2023-2024

• Base salary: $85,205
• Coaching supplement: $12,201
• Performance supplement: $2,875

2024-2025

• Base salary: $86,951
• Coaching supplement: $12,517

Torre Aaron, Albertville High School (7A), Albertville City Schools

Aaron teaches middle school special education and coaches softball at Albertville City Schools.

2023-2024

• Base salary: $68,461
• Coaching supplement: $8,950

2024-2025

• Base salary: $70,528
• Coaching supplement: $8,950

Matt Hendricks, Auburn High School (7A), Auburn City Schools

Hendricks has been teaching since 2005. He is now the head softball coach at Auburn High School.

2023-24

• Base salary: $72,271
• Coaching supplement: $14,374

2024-25

• Base salary: $73,717
• Coaching supplement: $24,000

Brian Pittman, Prattville High School (7A), Autauga County Schools

In 2021, Brian Pittman was named the Lady Lions’ head softball coach after three years at Brewbaker Tech. He also teaches a career preparedness course at Prattville High School.

2023-24

• Base salary: $61,977
• Coaching supplement: $13,500

2024-25

• Base salary: $63,848
• Coaching supplement: $14,000

Trevor Powell, Fairhope High School (7A), Baldwin County Schools

Trevor Powell is the varsity softball coach at Fairhope High School.

2023-24

• Base salary: $59,409 to $73,979
• Coaching supplement: $5,308

2024-25

• Base salary: $59,409 to $73,979
• Coaching supplement: $5,500

Mike Ebert, Foley High School (7A), Baldwin County Schools

Mike Ebert is the Foley High School varsity softball coach.

2023-24

• Base salary: $59,409 to $73,979
• Coaching supplement: $5,308

2024-25

• Base salary: $59,409 to $73,979
• Coaching supplement: $5,500

Peyton Grantham, Robertsdale High School (7A), Baldwin County Schools

Grantham coaches softball at Robertsdale High School. She used to play softball at Daphne High School and went on to play for Alabama.

2023-24

• Base salary: $59,409 to $73,979
• Coaching supplement: $5,308
• Freshman assistant supplement: $996

2024-25

• Base salary: $59,409 to $73,979
• Coaching supplement: $5,500
• Freshman assistant supplement: $1,050

Jenny Laird, Daphne High School (7A), Baldwin County Schools

Laird began coaching softball at Daphne in 2021. She graduated from Baker High School in 2008 and was a member of three state championship teams.

2023-24

• Base salary: $59,409 to $73,979
• Varsity coaching supplement: $5,308
• Junior varsity coaching supplement: $1,990

2024-25

• Base salary: $59,409 to $73,979
• Varsity coaching supplement: $5,500
• Junior varsity coaching supplement: $2,050

Christopher Blake Gray, Austin High School (7A), Decatur City Schools

Christopher Blake Gray is a study hall teacher and softball coach at Austin High School.

AL.com followed up with Decatur City Schools to receive the 2023-24 and 2024-25 head softball coach’s base salary, performance bonuses and supplements, but only received Christopher Blake’s current total salary prior to publishing.

2024-25

• Total pay: $76,502.30

Donny Bright, Dothan High School (7A), Dothan City Schools

Bright is on a TEAMS contract which offers STEM teachers up to $20,000 more per year to teach math or science in hard-to-staff areas of Alabama like Dothan.

2023-24

• Base salary: $72,271
• Coaching supplement: $9,000
• Additional pay for working 20 days beyond his contract: $7,647.72
• Playoff supplement pay:
  • Playoffs state tournament final four appearance: $1,250
  • Playoffs finals game: $2,500

2024-25

• Base salary: $73,717
• Coaching supplement: $9,000
• Additional pay for working 20 days beyond his contract: $7,800.74
• Playoff supplement pay:
  • Playoffs state tournament final four appearance: $1,250
  • Playoffs finals game: $2,500

Mary “Kate” Stump, Enterprise High School (7A), Enterprise City Schools

Stump was born and raised in Dothan. After graduating college, Stump joined the physical education department at Enterprise High School. She has been in the position for eight years.

2023-24

• Base salary: $50,776
• Coaching supplement: $12,186.24

2024-25

• Base salary: $53,539.23
• Coaching supplement: $12,430.08

Heath Lovell, Florence High School (7A), Florence City Schools

Heath Lovell has been the Florence Falcons’ softball coach for two years. He replaced Beth Fuller in the 2023 school year.

2023-24

• Base salary: $51,976
• Coaching supplement: $7,500

2024-25

• Base salary: $54,903
• Coaching supplement: $7,500

Trey Matlock, Hoover High School (7A), Hoover City Schools

Trey Matlock coaches varsity softball at Hoover High School.

2023-24

• Base salary: $69,600
• Coaching supplement: $7,400
• Playoff supplement: $1,600

2024-25

• Base salary: $71,604
• Coaching supplement: $8,400

Aaron James/Whitney Deaver, Huntsville High School (7A), Huntsville City Schools

James began teaching in 2002. He is the assistant football and assistant softball coach at Huntsville High School.

Deaver previously coached at Bob Jones High School. She is now the head coach at Huntsville High School.

2023-24

• Base salary: $75,616
• Coaching supplement: $8,025

2024-25

• Base salary: $63,840
• Coaching supplement: $8,828
• Strength/conditioning training: $2,000

Pamela Galbreath, Virgil Grissom High School (7A), Huntsville City Schools

Galbreath was the athletic director and head coach at Columbia High School. She is now the head softball coach at Virgil Grissom High School.

2023-24

• Base salary: $79,478
• Coaching supplement: $8,025

2024-25

• Base salary: $81,675
• Coaching supplement: $8,828

Michael King, Smiths Station High School (7A) , Lee County Schools

King has been in the education since 2013. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Mobile in 2012, where he was a pitcher on the baseball team.

2023-24

• Base salary: $62,810
• Coaching supplement: $5,500

2024-25

• Base salary: $64,707
• Coaching supplement: $7,150

Whitney Deaver/Braeden Netherton, Bob Jones High School (7A), Madison City Schools

Whitney Deaver exited Bob Jones after eight seasons to take a similar position at Huntsville High.

In July, Braeden Netherton took over the Bob Jones Softball Program from Whitney Deaver. Netherton began her teaching/coaching career at Decatur High in 2017. She led the squad to the most wins in the program’s history in 2022, had three All-State players and five players who committed to play collegiate softball.

2023-24

• Base salary: $61,754
• Coaching supplement: $12,000

2024-25

• Base salary: $63,060
• Coaching supplement: $10,500

Bradley Kimbrough, James Clemens High School (7A), Madison City Schools

Kimbrough is the social studies teacher and softball coach at James Clemens High School. He graduated from Sheffield High School and has been teaching for 13 years with previous positions at Huntsville High School and Sheffield High School.

2023-24

• Base salary: $69,974
• Coaching supplement: $11,500

2024-25

• Base salary: $71,380
• Coaching supplement: $12,000

Macie Morris, Sparkman High School (7A), Madison County Schools

Last year, Morris became the varsity softball coach at Sparkman. Morris is a Huntsville native, 2008 graduate of Sparkman and 2006 AHSAA state varsity softball champion. After graduating from Sparkman, Morris went on to compete at Central Alabama Community College and Auburn University. Morris also coached at Virgil Grissom High School and Huntsville High School, WAFF48 reported.

2023-2024

• Base salary: $54,809
• Coaching supplement: $9,750

2024-2025

• Base salary: $56,388
• Coaching supplement: $11,250

Daniel Fulton/Calvin Mitchell, Alma Bryant High School (7A), Mobile County Schools

Daniel Fulton stopped serving as the Alma Bryant head softball coach in February 2024.

During the 2023-24 school year, the coaching supplement was split between Fulton and Calvin Mitchell, the new head coach.

2023-2024

• Fulton base salary: $54,432
• Fulton coaching supplement: $2,500
• Fulton junior varsity softball coaching supplement
• Mitchell base salary: $58,390
• Mitchell coaching supplement: $3,500

2024-2025

• Base salary: $59,558
• Coaching supplement: $6,000

Meghan Trehern, Baker High School (7A), Mobile County Schools

In 2022, Trehern became the new Baker High School softball coach replacing her high school coach, Hall of Famer Tony Scarbrough. She also works as a science teacher, according to the district website.

Trehern is on a TEAMS contract which offers STEM teachers up to $20,000 more per year to teach math or science in hard-to-staff areas of Alabama.

2023-2024

• Base salary: $52,831
• Coaching supplement: $6,000
• TEAMS supplement: $15,247

2024-2025

• Base salary: $54,428
• Coaching supplement: $6,000
• TEAMS supplement: $16,054

Barclay Davis, Mary G. Montgomery High School (7A), Mobile County Schools

Davis is the physical education teacher and head softball coach at Mary G. Montgomery High School. Davis has been coaching softball at Mary G. Montgomery since 2023.

2023-2024

• Base salary: $50,776
• Softball coaching supplement: $6,000

2024-2025

• Base salary: $51,792
• Softball coaching supplement: $6,000
• Middle school softball coaching supplement: $2,500
• Swim coaching supplement: $3,000

Kaitlyn Brannon, WP Davidson High School (7A), Mobile County Schools

Brannon has been coaching and teaching at WP Davidson High School since 2023.

2023-2024

• Base salary: $55,939
• Softball coaching supplement: $6,000

2024-2025

• Base salary: $57,056
• Softball coaching supplement: $6,000
• Varsity volleyball coaching supplement: $6,000
• Junior varsity basketball supplement: $2,500

JuaQueshia Williams, Carver Senior High School (7A), Montgomery County Schools

Williams is the physical education teacher, bus driver and head softball coach at Carver Senior High School.

2023-24

• Base salary: $51,792
• Coaching supplement: $5,000
• Bus driver: $16,656

2024-25

• Base salary: $51,792
• Coaching supplement: $5,000
• Bus driver: $16,656

Mark Eubanks, Roshadia Purifoy Johnson Abernathy Graetz High School (7A), Montgomery County Schools

Eubanks was the career tech teacher, bus driver and head softball coach at Johnson Abernathy Graetz High School during the 2023-24 season. Purifoy is the science teacher and current head softball coach at Johnson Abernathy Graetz High School.

2023-24

• Base salary: $57,776
• Coaching supplement: $5,000
• Bus driver: $17,121

2024-25

• Base salary: $51,875
• Coaching supplement: $5,000

Jessica Thornton, Opelika High School (7A), Opelika City Schools

Jessica Thornton was named the new head softball coach at Opelika High School in 2021. Originally from Vancouver, Washington, Thornton was previously an assistant softball coach at the University of Louisiana, Monroe. Prior to coaching, Thornton was awarded multiple honors as a collegiate player.

2023-24

• Base salary: $51,757
• Coaching supplement: $6,400

2024-25

• Base salary: $59,247
• Coaching supplement: $6,400

Mitchell Holt, Central High School (7A), Phenix City Schools

Mitchell Holt has coached the Central Phenix City Red Devils softball team since 2016.

2023-24

• Base salary: $67,111
• Coaching supplement: $35,070

2024-25

• Base salary: $67,782
• Coaching supplement: $38,211

Jordan Burson, Oak Mountain High School (7A), Shelby County Schools

Jordan Burson served as an assistant coach at Hewitt-Trussville High School for two years and Thompson High School for two years.

In his first year as head softball coach at Oak Mountain, Burson led the eagles to a 21-19 record.

2023-24

• Base salary: $51,787.78
• Softball coaching supplement: $5,347
• Girls flag football coaching supplement: $1,512
• Local paid supplement: $2,496

2024-25

• Base salary: $53,939.36
• Softball coaching supplement: $5,454
• Girls flag football coaching supplement: $1,543
• Local paid supplement: $2,496

Taylor Burt, Hewitt-Trussville High School (7A), Trussville City Schools

AL.com followed up with Trussville City Schools to receive the 2023-24 and 2024-25 head softball coach’s base salary, performance bonuses and supplements, but only received Taylor Burt’s current total salary prior to publishing.

2024-25

• Total pay: $97,040

Ted Swinney, Hillcrest High School (7A), Tuscaloosa County Schools

Swinney began coaching softball at Hillcrest High School in 2010 and has led his softball teams to multiple championships. Many of his players have gone on to play college softball.

2023-24

• Base salary: $66,502.33
• Coaching supplement: $9,553.30

2024-25

• Base salary: $68,454
• Coaching supplement: $10,160.60

Connor Acton, Tuscaloosa County High School (7A), Tuscaloosa County Schools

Acton is the head softball coach and math teacher at Tuscaloosa County High School.

2023-24

• Base salary: $48,642.96
• Coaching supplement: $8,747.80

2024-25

• Base salary: $49,616
• Coaching supplement: $8,786

John Simmons, Vestavia Hills High School (7A), Vestavia Hills City Schools

John Simmons is the administrative athletic director and varsity softball head coach at Vestavia Hills High School.

2023-24

• Base salary: $73,913.28
• Coaching supplement: $11,087

2024-25

• Base salary: $79,018.37
• Coaching supplement: $11,853