Brad ‘Bo’ 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.

But on Thursday, the first hire in Greg Byrne’s tenure as UA athletic director was fired for “among other things violating the standards, duties, and responsibilities expected of University employees,” the school released in a statement.

Bohannon, 47, was dismissed amid an ongoing investigation into the program surrounding bets placed on the Tide’s April 28th game to LSU. Ohio regulators halted betting on Monday, which was soon followed by sportsbooks in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Bohannon 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.

Bohannon then spent 11 years as an assistant coach at Kentucky and was the Wildcats’ recruiting coordinator. After sending dozens of players to the MLB Draft, Bohanon was named Baseball America’s Assistant Coach of the Year in 2015. After two years at Auburn as an assistant coach, Bohannon moved to Tuscaloosa and matched Wallace Wade’s 9-0 start to his managerial career, the second-best mark in school history dating back to 1924.

The Tide went 27-29 in Bohannon’s first year, an eight-win improvement from former head coach Greg Goff. Alabama won 30 more games in 2019 and was off to a 16-1 start with the COVID-19 pandemic shortened the season. Alabama was a three-seed in the 2021 NCAA Ruston Regional, the 25th time the school had made the postseason. The Tide was 32-26 last year and reached the SEC tournament fourth round.

He finished his time with 166-124 record. Upon his hire, Bohannon was lauded as a “solid” hire as Byrne looked for a candidate with “strong collegiate experience.” Part of Bohannon’s strength was that as a recruiter. Alabama had multiple top-25 classes in his tenure.

One of those recruits was Johnny Blake Bennett, the sixth-overall prospect in the state of Alabama in 2018. Bennett had an injury-riddled two seasons with the Tide and was eventually taken off scholarship by Bohannon. Bennett sued Bohannon, now-interim coach Jason Jackson and trainer Sean Stryker in a suit that went public last month.

Nick Alvarez is a reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @nick_a_alvarez or email him at [email protected]