The USF Bulls just shocked the world by reportedly replacing the Auburn Tigers' new head coach, Alex Golesh, with Ohio State Buckeyes offensive coordinator Brian Hartline, per ESPN's Pete Thamel. The 39-year-old was a candidate for the Kentucky Wildcats and Penn State Nittany Lions jobs, interviewing with the former. His hiring at USF is a major coup for the Bulls.
Did they just upstage Auburn's Golesh hiring? Not really, since the Tigers are the ones with a proven entity while USF is hiring a first-time head coach.