In Aughney's first season as a head coach, the Scorpions finished the 2009 season with a 28-31 overall record and 9-3 mark in the Red River Athletic Conference. UTB/TSC finished third in the RRAC Tournament for the second straight year.

A native of Bozeman, Mont., Aughney began working at UTB/TSC in September 2007 as Assistant Baseball Coach. During the 2008 season, the Scorpions went 24-32 and were seeded sixth in the RRAC Tournament. UTB/TSC was the surprise team in the tournament with a third place finish.

During the 2006-07 season, Aughney was an assistant coach at Bellevue University, which reached the NAIA Baseball World Series semifinals. During 2005-06, he was Assistant Coach at Northland College under Joel Barta, the former Scorpion Head Baseball Coach who Aughney succeeded.

Prior to that in 2005 and 2006, Aughney was also Hitting Coach for the Wisconsin Woodchucks of the Northwoods League, a summer baseball league for collegiate baseball players.

For two seasons in 2004 and 2005, Aughney was head coach of the Big Sky Fall Baseball League for players 18 years of age and younger. From 2001 to 2004, he was also Associate Head Coach of the Gallatin Valley Outlaws American Legion team.

Aughney attended Dawson Community College (Mont.) from 2001 to 2002, helping the Buccaneers win their conference and region championship and advancing to the 2001 NJCAA World Series.

He then transferred to Northland College (Wis.), where he became an All-Conference outfielder and utility player and was team captain and received the Team Foreman Award in 2004. Aughney was a two- time All-Conference Outfielder and also earned Academic All-Conference honors.

Aughney received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and a Coaching Minor from Northland College in 2004 and a Master of Arts in Leadership from Bellevue University in 2007.