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- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Phone:
- 205-348-3600
- Hometown: Eugene, Ore.
- Education: Alabama, 2013
- Spouse: David
- Children: Dylan
- Birthday: August 1
- 2024-present: Alabama, Assistant Coach
Alabama softball alum, 2012 national champion and three-time All-American Kayla Braud rejoined the Crimson Tide as its newest assistant coach in the fall of 2023
"First and foremost, I would like to thank Coach Murphy for this new opportunity for me and my family," Braud said. "After 10 years away from Tuscaloosa we are excited to come back home. I am filled with so much pride to be the newest assistant coach at Alabama Softball. I will never be able to fill the shoes of Alyson Habetz, but my gratitude for all she did for this program will be in my heart as I work to impact the lives of the women that wear the "A". As a coach I will bring my competitiveness and winning spirit to the field every single day. Having been part of the 2012 National Championship team, I know what it takes to win at this level and will do everything I can to ensure that the winning tradition of Bama U not only continues but thrives into the future."
"I am so happy to announce that Kayla is coming home to Tuscaloosa," UA Head Coach Patrick Murphy said. "First and foremost, she is a great human who will be an outstanding role model for our student-athletes. We will support Kayla, her husband David and daughter Dylan as best as we can during their transition to UA. To have a former player say yes to Alabama twice in her career means a lot to me. We tell every young lady who enters the Rhoads House that this is a long-term relationship that extends far past their playing days. Our current staff can't wait to start working with Kayla. I know our players will absolutely love her competitiveness and her ability to relate to their experiences on and off the field."
Kayla Braud at Alabama (2010-13)
- Three-time NFCA All-American (2010, 2011, 2013)
- Ranked in the Alabama career top-10 in batting average (2nd - .438), hits (2nd – 344), runs scored (3rd – 271), stolen bases (2nd – 182) and on base percentage (4th - .512)
- Holds the top two single season batting averages in program history, hitting .505 (95-for-188) as a freshman and .471 (90-for-191) as a senior
- Owns three of the top 10 single season hits totals at Alabama, with her career-best of 95 tied for fourth
- Her 58 stolen bases in 2011 is the second-highest total in the Tide record books
- 2012 Women's College World Series All-Tournament Team
- 2010 SEC Freshman of the Year
