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Auburn baseball assistant coach Matt Heath resigned as hitting coach, head coach John Pawlowski announced on Friday.

Heath followed Pawlowski from the College of Charleston.

“Matt felt it was in his best interests to resign from his position with our club,” Pawlowski said.
In one season, Heath helped the program hit a school-record 103 home runs and 218 extra-base hits, while finishing the year with a .516 slugging percentage, third best all-time.

“I want to thank JP (John Pawlowski) for giving me the opportunity to be a hitting coach in the SEC,” Heath said. “I will miss the players and the coaching staff but I feel like personally this is the right move for me. I wish nothing but success to the Auburn baseball team going forward.”

In two seasons at the College of Charleston, Heath helped the team establish six offensive school records in his first season of 2007 and then broke five of them in his last season, including setting the Southern Conference home run record mark of 130.

Pawlowski will begin his search for a replacement immediately.