Alabama is expected to name Lance McMahon as the program’s next pitching coach, sources confirmed to Extra Inning Softball
The news of McMahon’s hiring was first reported by the Tuscaloosa News.
McMahon spent the last six seasons as the pitching coach at Illinois, where the guided the Illini pitching staff to sub-3.00 ERAs in each of the last three seasons. During his tenure leading the Illini bullpen, the program has seen three pitchers post all-conference honors, as well as Breanna Wonderly and Sydney Sickels earn all-region honors in 2017 and 2022, respectively.
In 2019, McMahon served as an assistant coach for the Chicago Bandits in the now-defunct National Pro Fastpitch league. He was part of the league’s Coaching Staff of the Year that season.
Prior to his tenure at Illinois, McMahon spent three years on staff at LSU and three years on staff at Missouri.
