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The Tigers current head coach is Hugh Freeze. [2] The team has played more than 1,250 games over 119 seasons. [1] In that time, eight coaches have led the Tigers in postseason bowl games: Jack Meagher, Ralph Jordan, Pat Dye, Terry Bowden, Tommy Tuberville, Gene Chizik, Gus Malzahn and Bryan Harsin. Seven coaches won conference championships ...
Early history (1892–1950) The team in 1893. Auburn was led by nine different coaches over a 12-year span. The organization of Auburn's first football team is credited to George Petrie, who led the 1892 Tigers to a 2–2 record. Petrie also chose burnt orange and navy blue as the official colors for Auburn athletic teams, which was inspired by ...
Ralph Jordan. James Ralph " Shug " Jordan ( / ʃʊɡ ˈdʒɜːrdən / SHUUG JUR-dən; September 25, 1910 – July 17, 1980) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at Auburn University from 1951 to 1975, where he compiled a record of 176–83–6.
Jordan, who coached from 1951 to 1975, led Auburn to its first national championship and won a total of 176 games, the most by any Auburn coach. Auburn's home stadium is Jordan–Hare Stadium, which opened in 1939 and becomes Alabama's fifth largest city on gamedays with a capacity of 88,043. [9] Auburn's arch rival is in-state foe Alabama.
Tommy Tuberville. Thomas Hawley Tuberville ( / ˈtʌbərvɪl /; [ 1] born September 18, 1954) is an American politician and retired college football coach who is the senior United States senator from Alabama, a seat he has held since 2021. Before entering politics, Tuberville was the head football coach at Auburn University from 1999 to 2008.
The Tigers have won five national championships, [5] completed 12 undefeated seasons, including seven perfect seasons, recorded 15 total conference championships, appeared in 41 post-season bowl games [6] (winning 23), [6] have finished first or tied for first in the SEC's Western Division nine times, and have represented the Western Division ...
4× AP HS COY. 5× Region 8-AA COY. Danny Hugh Freeze Jr.[ 2] (born September 27, 1969) is an American football coach who is the head coach at Auburn University. [ 3] A successful high school football coach at Briarcrest Christian School in Memphis, Tennessee, Freeze coached Michael Oher and Greg Hardy. He subsequently was the head football ...
Bryan Harsin. Bryan Dale Harsin (born November 1, 1976) is an American football coach who was most recently the head coach for the Auburn Tigers. Prior to coaching at Auburn, he coached the Boise State University Broncos from the 2014 season through the 2020 season where he posted a 69–19 overall record. He began his head coaching career at ...