Gene Chizik

The Auburn Tigers enter the 2012 season with high hopes appearing to be just a few steps away from a BCS bid. When Gene Chizik took over the Tigers' program in 2009, 2012 was expected to be a good year. The Tigers would be in their fourth year under Chizik with a host of quality talent on the roster. As the Tigers prepare to enter the 2012 spring training session, there are numerous questions that will need to be addressed or the hopes for...  

AUBURN, Alabama -- Auburn's Gene Chizik is in the business of hiring a coach for the third time since the end of the regular season, and this time he's replacing the last assistant from the Tommy Tuberville era. Auburn announced Tuesday that ...  

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Tommy Tuberville did Gene Chizik no favors by leaving behind bare final recruiting classes. Twelve of Auburn's 28 signees in 2008 never even played a down for the Tigers, and only five of the 28 will likely exhaust their ...  

Loeffler might not have much experience calling the offensive shots—Auburn will only be his second role as an offensive coordinator— but he has tutored a number of quarterbacks in his career: Tom Brady, Brian Griese, Chad Henne, Drew Henson ...  

Nick Saban interviewed each of them for a job on his offensive ... As important as it'll be for him to help Clint Moseley, Kiehl Frazier and Zeke Pike reach their ceilings from Sunday through Friday, he'll be judged by what they do on Saturday.  

The carryover from bowl victories can be short-lived, so to make it clear that Chizik has no plans to be a one-hit wonder living off the 2010 national championship, he went out and hired Brian VanGorder ... Bill Oliver, Chizik and Will Muschamp ...  

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Chick-fil-A Bowl: Gene Chizik guiding Auburn’s defense against Virginia By Charles Odum The Associated Press Published Dec 30, 2011 08:42PM MDT Atlanta • One year after winning college football’s biggest prize, Auburn is in scramble mode. One year after winning only four games, Virginia is on the rise. The Cavaliers have doubled their wins from last year. The Tigers, who beat Oregon in last season’s national championship game, are...  

They came to socialize with their peers and pick up a few pointers from featured speakers, Alabama coach Nick Saban and Auburn coach Gene Chizik. It's a wealth of knowledge most coaches can't tap, listening to coaches who have led their teams to ...  

You would of thought that when Penn State finally landed a head coach, everybody would have been happy. Not exactly thrilled, but at least they could breathe knowing that somebody was willing to take over the program under these circumstances. Especially ...  

Blown assignments create 1-on-1 opportunities for the offense. “It’s more upbeat, everybody hustling to the ball,” defensive end Corey Lemonier said. “Chiz made it real simple for us. He wanted to make it easy for all of us.”  

Whitaker and defensive back Demetruce McNeal talk defense; and tight end Philip Lutzenkirchen and quarterback Kiehl Frazier talk a little offense in this video. Whitaker's take on Saturday's game? "You know Coach Chiz, he's got a great resume as ...  

ATLANTA -- Auburn's Philip Lutzenkirchen says running backs Tre Mason and Onterio McCalebb have something to prove in the Chick-fil-A Bowl. They can be an inside runner like the recently-departed Mike Dyer. "When Mike was with us, he was the ...  

Gene Chizik has finally found his man ... Loeffler's hire comes nearly 40 days after former offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn accepted the head coaching position at Arkansas State, and two weeks after Chizik hired Brian Van Gorder as the ...  

Key matchup: Auburn linebackers vs. Virginia running back Perry Jones. Coach Gene Chizik is the fill-in defensive coordinator after Ted Roof left for the same post at Central Florida. Auburn players say Chizik, whose background is defense ...