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New name from Big 12 potentially added to Auburn coaching search

Auburn’s search for its new head coach possibly has a new candidate in West Virginia head coach Neal Brown.

The Auburn coaching search has reached its sixth day and there is seemingly no end in sight as a number of candidates are expected to interview for the job in the coming days.

A new name has been added to that mix in West Virginia head coach Neal Brown, per Steven Godfrey.

The 40-year-old Brown is in his second year in Morgantown after leading Troy to success from 2015-18, winning 10 games for three straight seasons. The Mountaineers are 10-11 in his two seasons in charge.

He also has ties within the SEC, serving as the offensive coordinator and quarterback coach at Kentucky from 2013-14.

On Friday night, it was reported that five coaches — Kevin Steele, Steve Sarkisian, Billy Napier, Tony Elliott and Brent Venables — have received invitations for an interview. On Saturday, Elliott, Clemson’s offensive coordinator, issued a statement saying he has not talked to Auburn nor will be interviewing.

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Clemson OC Tony Elliott says he is not interviewing with Auburn

Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott released a statement saying he is not interviewing for the Auburn head coach position.

On Friday night, news broke that Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott was set to interview for the Auburn head coach position sometime in the next few days.

Elliott made it clear on Saturday morning that wasn’t the case.

ESPN’s Marty Smith tweeted a statement he received from the Tigers offensive coordinator stating his intentions.

Auburn is set to interview at least four candidates for the vacant position including Elliott’s counterpart Brent Venables, the Clemson defensive coordinator.

Report: Auburn to interview five candidates for head coach position

Auburn has invited five different men to interview for the vacant head football coaching position.

Auburn has narrowed down its list for the replacement of Gus Malzahn.

Per Auburn Undercover, the search firm and advisory board that are helping the university hire the next head football coach has settled on five men: Auburn defensive coordinator/interim head coach Kevin Steele, Louisiana head coach Billy Napier, Alabama offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian, Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables and Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott.

From Phillip Marshall:

The committee appointed by president Jay Gogue hopes to complete its business by next Wednesday, though it could go into the week after Christmas.

This story will be updated.

Report: Louisiana’s Billy Napier, Clemson OC Tony Elliott to meet with Auburn

Louisiana head coach Billy Napier and Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott are set to meet with Auburn.

On Friday, it was reported that Auburn will meet with Alabama offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian on Sunday regarding the head coaching job. He won’t be the only ones meeting with the Auburn brass this weekend to discuss the position.

Per FootballScoop.com, the Tigers will also be interviewing Louisiana head coach Billy Napier and Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott sometime during the next few days.

Elliott is a new name among the mix of candidates for the Auburn job, vacant since the school’s decision to eat Malzahn’s $21.45 million buyout and begin anew last Sunday.

A former Clemson player and 2017 Broyles Award winner, Elliott’s long been considered a top coaching candidate who could have jumped to another opportunity in previous seasons. However, Elliott has been in the role of Clemson’s offensive coordinator – sharing the title from 2015-19 and outright since the onset of this season – for six consecutive years.

The Cajuns’ Napier has been among the hottest names in college football in each of the past two cycles. The former Furman University quarterback and Tennessee native interviewed earlier this month for the vacancy at South Carolina, before pulling out of consideration for that position. A year ago multiple Power-5 teams expressed interest in Napier, who this season guided Louisiana to a 9-1 regular season that included a win at Big 12 North Division champion Iowa State and a berth in what was scheduled to be Saturday’s SunBelt Conference championship.

Clemson meets Notre Dame on Saturday in the ACC Championship while Louisiana’s Sun Belt title game against Coastal Carolina has been cancelled due to COVID-19 issues.

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Find out what select members of Clemson’s offense said about Ohio State

Both teams met with the media today at the Fiesta Bowl. Find out what select members of Clemson’s offense said about Ohio State.

While you were getting ready for Christmas and whatever shenanigans and celebrations you’ll be a part of tonight and tomorrow, the Fiesta Bowl set up a little media event for select Ohio State and Clemson players and coaches.

We normally bring you the comments of the other team after an Ohio State game, but in this case we have a ton of quotes from a few of the most notable players and coaches getting ready to suit up for the defending national champion Tigers.

We had defensive and offensive players and coaches to speak on what they saw on both sides of the ball for the Buckeyes and we’re bringing them all to you.

So, here we go, with the offensive players and coaches up first.

Next … Quotes from Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence

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