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New Auburn coach Bryan Harsin on UCF’s Gus Malzahn: ‘We have a weird web of connection’ | Commentary

Except this time, instead of bringing a playbook, headsets and a coaching whistle, he better bring a prayer book, a shield and a suit of armor.

It’s one thing to follow Malzahn at Arkansas State as Harsin did back in 2013, but following Malzahn at Auburn is like following an antelope into a tiger cage.

When Malzahn left Arkansas State to take the head-coaching job at Auburn, Harsin was hired by former Arkie State and current UCF athletic director Terry Mohajir. And now, after Malzahn was shockingly fired by Auburn and given a $21 million buyout after last season, Harsin left his dream job at Boise State to succeed Malzahn in the meat-grinding, coach-killing SEC West.