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Report: Bill Clark, Neal Brown expected to interview for Auburn job

West Virginia coach Neal Brown and UAB coach Bill Clark have been invited to interview for the vacant Auburn position.

Auburn’s search for its next head coach is picking up steam as candidates are coming in for interviews starting today and over the next few days.

Two new candidates that have reportedly been offered invitations to interview for the job are UAB’s Bill Clark and West Virginia’s Neal Brown, per Phillip Marshall of Auburn Undercover.

Brown, who is his second season in Morgantown, got his big break as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Kentucky back in 2013-14. In charge of Troy from 2015-18, he led the Trojans to a 35-16 overall record, one Sun Belt title and wins at both LSU and Nebraska.

Clark was the man responsible for building the UAB program after it was brought back in 2014. He has had instant success, putting together five straight winning seasons including 11 wins in 2018 and two conference titles after defeating Marshall on Friday night for the 2020 championship.

Others set to interview for the job are Alabama offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian, Auburn defensive coordinator Kevin Steele, Louisiana head coach Billy Napier and Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables.

Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott has declined an interview.

Auburn Coaching Search 4.0: New names possible added to candidate list

Taking a look at the possible candidates for the head coaching job at Auburn while the search continues.

It has now been a week since Gus Malzahn was fired as the head football coach at Auburn and the search, which many thought would be a mere formality, will continue for at least another couple of days it seems.

New names continue to pop up as candidates for the job while some, including Kevin Steele and Steve Sarkisian, have already been invited for an interview.

Here is the latest look at the candidates along with their chances of landing the job.

Auburn Coaching Search 2.0: Leading candidates for head coach

Auburn is still looking for its new head football coach and these names have popped up.

Auburn struck out on hiring Mario Cristobal away from Oregon and Hugh Freeze doesn’t seem to be on the minds of the Auburn powers that be, so who will be the man to replace Gus Malzahn as head coach of the Tigers?

We break down each candidate along with the likelihood of their hiring.

Auburn Coaching Search 3.0: Breaking down the 5 candidates for next head coach

Auburn has settled on five final candidates for the next head football coach.

On Friday night, it was reported that Auburn will interview five coaches — Kevin Steele, Steve Sarkisian, Billy Napier, Tony Elliott and Brent Venables — for the vacant head coach position.

We break down each candidate below along with the pros and cons each man brings to the position: