The Auburn Tigers have hired former Georgia and South Carolina offensive coordinator Mike Bobo to be their offensive coordinator. Auburn fired head coach Gus Malzahn earlier this offseason and is looking for more consistency.
Mike Bobo served as interim coach at South Carolina after the Gamecocks fired Will Muschamp this season. Auburn head coach Bryan Harsin liked the job Mike Bobo did at South Carolina enough to hire him as offensive coordinator. Now, the duo will try to revive quarterback Bo Nix’s career.
Mike Bobo is bringing Will Friend with him to be the offensive line coach at Auburn. Before coaching at South Carolina, Bobo spent 2015-2019 coaching the Colorado State Rams. Before then, he had a lengthy stint in Athens as both the Georgia Bulldogs’ quarterback coach (2001-2006) and offensive coordinator (2007-2014).
Bobo has spent a lot of time around the SEC as both a coach and a player. He played at the University of Georgia as a quarterback in the 1990s and knows the conference inside and out.
Additionally, Auburn is hiring former Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason as defensive coordinator. It will be interesting to see how Auburn’s staff prepares players for the 2021 season. The Tigers have struggled against Georgia and Alabama in recent seasons and are looking to reverse that trend.
Auburn will finalize Mike Bobo as the offensive coordinator & Will Friend as the offensive line coach very soon.
— Cole Cubelic (@colecubelic) January 7, 2021
