AUBURN, Ala. — Coaching search season arrived early for Auburn football.
Auburn is seeking a replacement for Bryan Harsin, who didn't last two full seasons in one of the most pressure-packed jobs in college football. Patience is minimal, boosters are monolithic and the schedule is mortifying. Harsin was fired Monday. Harsin finished his time on the Plains with a record of 9-12, the fewest wins by an Auburn coach since Earl Brown's 3-22-4 tenure from 1948-50.
Still, Auburn possesses the proven quality of a national championship ceiling, which not every SEC school can say.