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Report: Travis Williams to join Gus Malzahn’s UCF staff as defensive coordinator

Former Auburn linebackers coach Travis Williams is reportedly expected to join Gus Malzahn’s staff at UCF as defensive coordinator.

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An Auburn connection might be coming to UCF extremely soon.

Per ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg, former Auburn linebackers coach and co-defensive coordinator Travis Williams is expected to join Gus Malzahn’s staff at the American Athletic Conference school.

Williams recently accepted a position as linebackers coach at Miami but with the hiring of Malzahn, who he worked for on the Plains from 2014-20, at UCF, he would be a crucial hire for the former Auburn head coach.

A first-team All-SEC selection in 2004, Williams played linebacker for the Tigers from 2001-05.

LOOK: T-Will posts emotional goodbye to Auburn on Twitter

Former Auburn linebacker and coach Travis Williams posted an emotional goodbye to Tigers fans on Twitter.

There aren’t a lot of people who mean as much to Auburn as Travis Williams so, when it was announced that he would not be part of Bryan Harsin’s staff, a lot of people got emotional about his departure.

On Saturday, T-Will took to Twitter to thank Tigers fans everywhere.

A linebacker for the Tigers from 2001-2005, Williams earned first-team All-SEC honors in 2004 and second-team honors in 2005. He returned to the Plains in 2009 as a graduate assistant and then again in 2014 as a defensive analyst. A top recruiter, Williams was promoted to linebackers coach in 2016 and then co-defensive coordinator/linebackers coach in 2018.