UPDATE: UAB officially announced Daugherty’s hiring on Friday morning.
ORIGINAL STORY:
UAB is expected to name AJ Daugherty as the program’s new head coach, sources confirmed to Extra Inning Softball on Friday.
Daugherty spent the last six seasons as the head coach at Wallace State Community College, leading the Lions to status as a perennial contender on the JuCo scene.
In both 2021 and 2022, Daugherty was named the Alabama Community College Conference’s Coach of the Year after leading Wallace State to back-to-back ACCC titles and NJCAA tournament berths.
During his tenure at Wallace State, Daugherty collected more than 200 wins and won four conference championships.
Prior to his tenure at Wallace State – where he also served as an assistant athletic director – Daugherty spent four years as a high school head coach. He will coach at the NCAA level for the first time in taking over at UAB.
