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4.6 • 707 Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Auburn targets Florida’s recruiting pipeline by hiring DeMarcus Van Dyke as cornerbacks coach. Will his Miami roots and relationship-building skills give the Tigers an edge in SEC recruiting battles? Auburn’s staff undergoes a South Florida transformation, sparking debate on whether Power Five experience is overrated if a coach connects with elite talent. Zac Blackerby and Alex Donno spotlight Van Dyke’s coaching journey, from Miami player and analyst to his impact on DBs at FIU, USF, and now Auburn. Insights include Van Dyke’s role in the Cormani McClain recruitment saga, DJ Ivey’s NFL draft jump, and how Auburn can benefit from his teaching and player development. Can Van Dyke translate his Florida success to SEC territory and elevate Auburn’s cornerbacks? Don’t miss this breakdown of Auburn’s high-stakes coaching gamble.

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0:00.0	Auburn hiring DeMarcus Van Dyke.
0:02.6	It makes sense the more I look into it, but I still have some questions.
0:11.5	You are Locked on Auburn, your daily podcast on the Auburn Tigers.
0:16.5	Part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:22.5	Yes, welcome on into Locked-on Auburn, your daily Auburn Tigers podcast.
0:26.9	I'm your host, Zach Blackerbie.
0:28.2	And thank you so much for making Locked-on Auburn, your first listen every single day.
0:33.1	We're bringing in Alex Dono, the host of Lockdown Keynes, to talk about Auburn's new cornerbacks coach to Marcus Van Dyke.
0:42.3	Donno, this is a guy that seems to be Miami through and through.
0:46.0	Played there, started his career thereafter coaching at a high school for a year,
0:51.2	but quality control analyst and then kind of worked his way up from
0:55.1	there. I mean, this guy seems as Miami as it gets Dono. Yeah, to the point where, Zach, I actually
1:02.0	I covered him when he played at Miami. It was around like 0.7, 08 when he got to the U.
1:08.3	U. Also, he grew up down in South Florida,
1:11.4	played at Monce,
1:12.1	Pace High School.
1:13.9	And I remember it.
1:15.0	It's funny because even covering him when he played,
1:18.0	I always felt like this guy is going to be a coach someday
1:21.2	because he was always like really cerebral,
1:24.3	like when he would do interviews,
1:26.5	just a really down-to-earth, mature guy, even when he was
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