SNEAKY: Auburn's Assistant Coach Hire Is MORE IMPORTANT Than MANY Realize

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4.6 • 707 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Auburn Tigers reshape their coaching staff with familiar faces and championship experience—will this fuel a breakthrough SEC season? Kodi Burns returns to Auburn as Alex Golesh’s trusted right-hand man, bringing invaluable leadership and a deep understanding of the “Auburn way.” The podcast unpacks how Burns’ dynamic approach as wide receivers coach helps acclimate USF transfers and boost returning talent, while insights on Larry Scott and Tim Banks spotlight the impact of veteran coaches on tight ends, safeties, and team culture. Zac Blackerby and Darrell Dapprich debate the significance of high school recruiting vs. transfer portal strategies, emerging player leadership, and bold moves needed for Auburn basketball to survive tournament play. Key segments include analysis of Mississippi State matchups, SEC tournament expectations, and the challenge of maintaining roster retention amid NIL-driven recruitment. Will Auburn’s new staff chemistry translate into wins—and can the Tigers rise when it matters most?

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0:00.0	Familiarity is a big reason why Auburn nailed several of these major hires this offseason.
0:13.0	You are Locked on Auburn, your daily podcast on the Auburn Tigers, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:22.6	Yes, welcome on into Locked-on Auburn, your daily Auburn Tigers podcast.
0:27.7	I'm your host, Zach Blackerbie, and thank you so much for making Locked-on-Auburn.
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0:45.9	We'll talk about Auburn basketball as they play later today.
0:49.1	Darrell obviously a must win for Stephen Pearl and the guys.
0:52.4	But you look at this staff and it's just filled with so
0:56.9	much experience. And I think there's a lot of things that you can really take away from that.
1:01.7	And we'll discuss some of those things throughout today's show. But familiarity has been a theme
1:07.9	throughout this entire off season when talking about Alex Golish.
1:12.2	And a lot of it has to do with the players and the offensive staff.
1:16.5	But there's three guys we're going to talk about.
1:18.6	And one of them is cloaked with familiarity.
1:21.9	It's his right-hand man, Cody Burns, has become, you know, Alex Golish is his true number two is kind of what it seems
1:31.7	like.
1:32.1	And obviously him returning to Auburn is a storyline as well.
1:36.1	But we've talked about this with Byron Brown.
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