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Alex Golesh Gets Honest on Auburn Football, NIL Pressure & Championship Expectations

The Next Round

The Next Round

Sports, Football, News, Basketball, Sports News

4.9890 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Auburn Tigers head coach Alex Golesh joins The Next Round for a wide-ranging conversation covering everything from celebrity moments at a charity golf event to the new reality of building a winning college football program. Golesh talks about being starstruck meeting John Daly and Bo Jackson, his relationship with country music star Riley Green, and how those connections can help Auburn Football in the modern NIL era. The conversation also dives deep into the future of college football spring practice, including why Golesh still supports the current 15-practice model — unless the transfer portal changes the rules. He also explains why spring games matter for young players, what coaches learn from scrimmages, and how to evaluate Byrum Brown after an up-and-down performance. Plus, Golesh opens up about the constant fundraising demands of modern college football, the true cost of roster retention, and why his goal at Auburn is not just to compete — it is to win a national championship. Can Alex Golesh bring a fun, winning brand of football back to Auburn? #AlexGolesh, #AuburnFootball, #AuburnTigers, #SECfootball, #CollegeFootball, #NIL, #ByrumBrown, #TheNextRound, #TransferPortal, #RileyGreen SUBSCRIBE: @NextRoundLive - / @nextroundlive FOLLOW TNR ON SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/7zlofzLZht7dYxjNcBNpWN FOLLOW TNR ON APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-round/id1797862560 WEBSITE: https://nextroundlive.com/ MOBILE APP: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-next-round/id1580807480 SHOP THE NEXT ROUND STORE: https://nextround.store/ Like TNR on Facebook: / nextroundlive Follow TNR on Twitter: / nextroundlive Follow TNR on Instagram: / nextroundlive Follow everyone from the show on Twitter: Jim Dunaway: / jimdunaway Ryan Brown: / ryanbrownlive Lance Taylor: / thelancetaylor Scott Forester: / scottforestertv Tyler Johns: /TylerJohnsTNR Sponsor the show: sales@nextroundlive.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

We're 122 days away from week zero, which means we're 129 from this guy coaching his first football game.

0:06.4

It gets here quick.

0:07.1

Alex Golish is with us.

0:08.4

Before we talk football, man, you're on the first tee box, and I'm the smart Alex that they get to announce all the guys on the first tea every year.

0:16.3

And I always enjoy watching everybody interact all the celebrities.

0:20.0

And I'll look over, and there you are with John Daly.

0:22.9

And you guys are chopping it up over there.

0:25.4

What's John Daly like to talk to?

0:28.4

Man, you know, he walked up.

0:29.4

He said, man, I heard you come from an Arkansas family.

0:33.2

I said, man, I don't come from an Arkansas family.

0:35.0

I'm married into an Arkansas family as he's holding a sig and then walks up and tease off. Man, you talk about, you don't get stars. I don't get starstruck often. There have been a couple people that I walk up on. I'm like, this is incredible. Bo Jackson was that way. That's right. John Daly is in that same world.

0:54.9

I was like, man, like you just think like when you're a kid, you're sitting there watching this dude in the shorts and the belly. You're like, man, this is hilarious. Yeah. So Bo Jackson, like I was a kid when he was playing over at Auburn. You're younger than me. do you remember much about his o career, or is it primarily what he did with the Royals and

1:12.3

the Raiders and Nike, too, as a Nike spokesman?

1:16.1

Yeah, man, what year were you born?

1:18.2

I was born in 76, so Bo would have, how old are you?

1:21.9

So I was born the year, Beau graduated from Arbor.

1:25.6

So you don't remember him.

1:27.5

I play. I play Tecmo Bowl and the Nike stuff I remember. Now, YouTube still exists, you know? Bo was at my rival high school. I played baseball against Bo Jackson. I robbed him of a home run one time. Yeah, that's definitely, that's claimed. I'm not trying to date nobody. I'm just trying to be real about it. No, no, no, no. So you didn't

1:44.2

see it play at Auburn. He and Herschel Walker at Sammy, think about that. He,

1:47.6

Hershal was at Auburn, pretty much at the same time. Those are two of the greatest that have ever done it. That's fascinating. Yeah, they were fun to watch. There's no doubt. So Riley Green was over there too, country music star in that same group, and I saw you talking to him.

2:03.2

Can you, can you, is he, I think he's an Auburn fan. I try to tie him down all the time. I think he's an Auburn fan.

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