Auburn Expected to Hire Ex-Tennessee DC Tim Banks as Safeties Coach
The reported move reunites Alex Golesh with a past colleague to bolster Auburn’s coordinator-level experience.
Overview
- On3 and 247Sports report Banks will join Alex Golesh’s first Auburn staff as safeties coach days after his Dec. 8 firing at Tennessee.
- He is expected to replace TJ Rushing, who coached Auburn’s safeties in 2025.
- Golesh and Banks previously worked together at Tennessee in 2021–22 and at Illinois from 2012 to 2015.
- Banks brings extensive coordinator experience from stints at Cincinnati, Illinois, Penn State and Tennessee.
- Golesh’s staff features multiple former defensive coordinators, with DJ Durkin retained as DC, though outlets conflict on the specifics of the Hutzler hire.