The University of Mississippi Athletics
Softball
Buchanan, Bobby
Bobby Buchanan
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- bobbyb@olemiss.edu
- Phone:
- 662-915-7186
Ole Miss softball head coach Jamie Trachsel added Bobby Buchanan as an assistant coach to the program in July 2024.
Buchanan spent the 2024 season on staff at Texas A&M as the director of player development, where he was a member of a team that reached the Austin Super Regional of the NCAA Tournament and won 44 games. He was in charge of creating player development plans and KPI's, scouting opponents, creating scouting reports, and analyzing team data.
Prior to his first year in the SEC, Buchanan was the hitting coach at Texas Lutheran in 2023, where he helped them reach the NCAA Division III regional. He played a key role in developing one All-American, five NFCA All-Regional members, and nine All-American Southwest Conference honorees.
Outside of his time as a collegiate coach, Buchanan founded High & Inside in 2020, where he serves as a consultant and private softball instructor for player development and scouting, and partners with SoftballCloud, Yakkertech, and S2 Cognition. Through High & Inside, he has worked with four Women's College World Series teams and numerous Super Regional programs.
Buchanan was the hitting coach and player development coach for the Texas Bombers from 2021-23, where he led numerous Division I athletes, and helped lead the team to the Alliance National Championship.
In 2019, Buchanan was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for UT Arlington. With the Mavericks, he helped the team defeat multiple top-25 schools including Arkansas, Baylor, and Oklahoma State. He played an instrumental role in development of the 2019 NCAA hits leader and saw two of three outfielders earn all-conference honors.
Prior to his time in Arlington, Buchanan spent 2018 as the head coach at Louisiana College where he helped lead the team to their best finish in the conference standings over the last eight seasons.
Buchanan was previously at Southern University in 2017 as the associate head coach, was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at North Dakota in 2016, and was a volunteer assistant coach for three seasons at Texas State from 2012-14 and at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in 2015.
He earned his bachelor's degree in exercise science from Texas State in 2014.
Buchanan spent the 2024 season on staff at Texas A&M as the director of player development, where he was a member of a team that reached the Austin Super Regional of the NCAA Tournament and won 44 games. He was in charge of creating player development plans and KPI's, scouting opponents, creating scouting reports, and analyzing team data.
Prior to his first year in the SEC, Buchanan was the hitting coach at Texas Lutheran in 2023, where he helped them reach the NCAA Division III regional. He played a key role in developing one All-American, five NFCA All-Regional members, and nine All-American Southwest Conference honorees.
Outside of his time as a collegiate coach, Buchanan founded High & Inside in 2020, where he serves as a consultant and private softball instructor for player development and scouting, and partners with SoftballCloud, Yakkertech, and S2 Cognition. Through High & Inside, he has worked with four Women's College World Series teams and numerous Super Regional programs.
Buchanan was the hitting coach and player development coach for the Texas Bombers from 2021-23, where he led numerous Division I athletes, and helped lead the team to the Alliance National Championship.
In 2019, Buchanan was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for UT Arlington. With the Mavericks, he helped the team defeat multiple top-25 schools including Arkansas, Baylor, and Oklahoma State. He played an instrumental role in development of the 2019 NCAA hits leader and saw two of three outfielders earn all-conference honors.
Prior to his time in Arlington, Buchanan spent 2018 as the head coach at Louisiana College where he helped lead the team to their best finish in the conference standings over the last eight seasons.
Buchanan was previously at Southern University in 2017 as the associate head coach, was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at North Dakota in 2016, and was a volunteer assistant coach for three seasons at Texas State from 2012-14 and at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in 2015.
He earned his bachelor's degree in exercise science from Texas State in 2014.
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