OXFORD, Miss. – When Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze found himself in need of a defensive coordinator, Wesley McGriff’s name floated to the surface early. It wasn’t because McGriff has a long history of success calling his own schemes. In fact, he’ll be coordinating a defense for the first time since the mid-1990s at Division II Kentucky State.
But his fingerprints have been on successful defenses, including this season as secondary coach at Auburn, where the Tigers rank fifth nationally in scoring defense and fourth in red zone defense. They are third in the SEC and No.