Auburn schedules team meeting for Sunday morning, per report
By David Wasson
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The Auburn Tigers have scheduled a 10 a.m. CT meeting Sunday in the wake of Saturday’s disappointing Iron Bowl loss to No. 10 Alabama – presumably to introduce a new football coach.
Auburn (5-7 overall, 1-7 SEC) finished off a forgettable regular season Saturday night by losing to the arch-rival Crimson Tide 27-20 at Jordan-Hare Stadium under interim coach DJ Durkin.
The possibility exists that Durkin, who previously coached at Maryland from 2016-18, could get the full-time gig. Auburn has also reportedly reached out to Tulane coach Jon Sumrall about its opening.
Auburn has been without a coach since Hugh Freeze was fired Nov. 2 after the Tigers lost to Kentucky. Freeze went 15-19 in his 2-plus seasons at Auburn and is owed $15.8 million in buyout money without mitigation against future employment.
Durkin, who previous served as Florida’s interim head coach for a bowl game after Will Muschamp stepped down in 2014, went 10-15 at Maryland and was fired shortly before the start of the 2018 season following a player death and toxic culture allegations.
Despite Auburn’s losing record in 2025, the Tigers could still earn a bowl game berth, given the team’s Academic Progress Rate given that there are not enough bowl-eligible teams to fill all the bowl spots this season.
An APSE national award-winning writer and editor, David Wasson has almost four decades of experience in the print journalism business in Florida and Alabama. His work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and several national magazines and websites. He also hosts Gulfshore Sports with David Wasson, weekdays from 3-5 pm across Southwest Florida and on FoxSportsFM.com. His Twitter handle: @JustDWasson.
