AU, Chizik Searching For A New Secondary Coach
February 8th, 2012 12:41 PM║ Posted By: John Pennington ║ Permalink
║ Schools: Auburn
Tags: AU, Bob Stoops, Ted Roof, Willie Martinez
Say goodbye to the last assistant coach with Tommy Tuberville ties at Auburn. The school announced yesterday that secondary coach Phillip Lolley would be moving into an administrative role with the program, creating the third coach search Gene Chizik has had to undertake since the end of the regular season.
“We appreciate Coach Lolley and the contribution he has made to the Auburn football program in his various roles over the years,” Chizik said in a press release. “We look forward to him continuing to help with the program’s success in his new capacity.”
Already being mentioned as a potential replacement is one Willie Martinez. Martinez served as secondary coach under new defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder at Georgia before succeeding him in that role in 2005. After being dismissed in Athens, he moved on to Oklahoma for two seasons before being replaced there by Bob Stoops’ brother Mike this offseason.
In addition to Lolley’s successor and VanGorder’s replacement of Ted Roof, Chizik has also hired Scot Loeffler to replace offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn.
