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Mike Elko adds veteran SEC assistant to Texas A&M staff, per report
By Andrew Olson
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Mike Elko is reportedly adding one of the SEC’s most experienced defensive assistants to his Texas A&M staff. According to Billy Liucci of TexAgs, Wesley McGriff is headed to College Station.
McGriff has more than 3 decades of coaching experience and knows the SEC well. He heads to Texas A&M after his third stint at Auburn (2016, 2019-21, 2023). McGriff’s other stops include Kentucky (2001-02), Vanderbilt (2011), Ole Miss (2012, 2016-18) and Florida (2022).
McGriff specializes in coaching defensive backs. He has also served in a coordinator role at Ole Miss, Auburn and Louisville.
Hugh Freeze hired McGriff as cornerbacks coach for his first Auburn staff. In late October, however, McGriff moved to an off-field role, changing his title to Chief of Accountability and In-House Recruiting. Freeze said that McGriff was dealing with a personal issue, but expected the long-time assistant to “get through it just fine.”
McGriff’s departure comes a day after it was reported Auburn is set to hire veteran secondary assistant Charles Kelly.
BREAKING: Mike Elko close to rounding out his staff with latest addition to the defense, this time veteran DBs coach and former Auburn assistant Wesley McGriff.
— Billy Liucci (@billyliucci) December 31, 2023
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaigns of Fred Taylor and Andruw Jones.
