September 17, 2019
Gene Chizik Former AU Coach and SEC/ESPN
Eugene T. Chizik is a former college football coach and former player. He was most recently the defensive coordinator at North Carolina from 2015–2016. He served as the head coach of the Auburn football team from 2009 until the end of the 2012 season. Chizik's 2010 Auburn Tigers football team completed a 14–0 season with a victory over Oregon in the BCS National Championship Game. Chizik played college football at the University of Florida in 1981 for head coach Charley Pell.
Coach Chizik is now an analyst for the SEC network operated by ESPN.