Auburn Athletic Director Jay Jacobs’ Best And Worst Hires

Jay Jacobs’ was hired in 2004 as Auburn’s athletic director, replacing the legendary David Housel. A former Auburn football player, Jacobs has had ups and downs during his administration: a basketball coach that turned into a dud, and a coach that turned Auburn softball into a main event.

Here, I rank the three worst hires by Jacobs, and then the five best.

Worst

Gene Chizik (Football) – How can you rank a national championship-winning coach as one of the worst hires by Jacobs? Well, you have to look at what happened after that magical year. A mediocre 2011 followed, and then came a disastrous 2012 that led to Chizik’s dismissal. Not only that, many Auburn alumni were put off by the release of…