Wesley McGriff is returning to Auburn for a third stint on the Tigers’ coaching staff.
McGriff, who spent this past season as Louisville’s co-defensive coordinator and secondary coach, is expected to join Hugh Freeze’s inaugural staff, a source confirmed to AL.com on Tuesday. 247Sports was first report McGriff’s return to Auburn.
In McGriff’s first season at Auburn in 2016, the Tigers had the nation’s 67th-ranked pass defense, allowing 229.2 yards per game through the air, but they also touted the nation’s No. 22 pass efficiency defense while tying for sixth nationally in total passes defended . Auburn also ranked seventh nationally in scoring defense in 2016 with McGriff on staff and 11th in red-zone defense .
During McGriff’s first season back on the Plains in 2019, Auburn’s defense ranked eighth nationally on third downs and eighth in red-zone defense . Last offseason he was hired at Louisville, where the Cardinals posted the nation’s No. 34 pass defense and finished 43rd in defensive pass efficiency . Louisville was also 35th among FBS teams in third-down defense and 10th nationally in red-zone defense , while also ranking 14th in red-zone touchdown defense .
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