“Jeez, Mason doesn’t even have a job offer in hand, he’s just planning on leaving? A guy who was willing to coach at Vanderbilt for years, but finds that one year at Auburn turns out to be a bridge too far? Quite the endorsement of Harsin’s leadership skills.Auburn football coach Bryan Harsin is set to promote assistant head coach/linebackers coach Jeff Schmedding to defensive coordinator with Derek Mason planning to leave for other coaching opportunities, sources confirmed to ESPN.
Speaking of which, this seems promising.
Nothing says quality coaching like hiring a dude whom Jeremy Pruitt scapegoated for subpar defensive play. “On defense, Harsin is bringing in former Auburn All-SEC defensive lineman Jimmy Brumbaugh to coach the Tigers’ defensive line. Brumbaugh was a defensive analyst at Oregon last season, and before that was at Tennessee under Jeremy Pruitt before being fired midway through the 2020 season.