Associate head coach Bert Watts appears to be on the move from the Auburn Tigers. He joined the staff after arriving from Memphis after just one season there. Watts also spent three seasons at Fresno State as the linebackers coach.
It appears that now head coach Bryan Harsin will have another assistant on this staff. Watts served as the associate head coach, special teams coordinator, and outside linebackers coach for the Tigers.
Dan Graziano of ESPN is reporting that Watts will head to the NFL to join the new staff with the Denver Broncos.
I’m told the Broncos will hire Bert Watts to be their OLBs coach. Watts is currently the Associate head coach/special teams/OLBs coach at Auburn following a couple of stints as a college defensive coordinator.
— Dan Graziano (@DanGrazianoESPN) February 13, 2022
This will make the sixth coordinator to be replaced on the staff during the tenure of Harsin. The team has yet to place offensive coordinator Austin Davis, who stepped down from his post less than two months on the job.
Watts now returns to the Broncos where he helped them to the top seed in 2012. The hunt begins for his replacement. Safe to say that head coach Bryan Harsin has plenty of work to do.
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