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Auburn Football: How will the Bryan Harsin era begin?

By Payton Wilkerson

ORLANDO, FL - JANUARY 01: General view of Auburn Tigers helmets during the third quarter against the Northwestern Wildcats during the Vrbo Citrus Bowl at Camping World Stadium on January 1, 2021 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images)
ORLANDO, FL - JANUARY 01: General view of Auburn Tigers helmets during the third quarter against the Northwestern Wildcats during the Vrbo Citrus Bowl at Camping World Stadium on January 1, 2021 in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images) /
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How will the era of new head coach Bryan Harsin begin for the Auburn football program in 2021? 

A new era is set to begin for Auburn football with Bryan Harsin beginning his first season as head coach of the Tigers. Harsin has a career coaching record of 76-24 overall with both the Arkansas State Red Wolves (2013) and Boise State Broncos (2014-2020).

He replaces Gus Malzahn as a head coach for the second time in his career, as Malzahn was the head coach at Arkansas State in 2012 before going to Auburn the next year.

After going 68-35 in his eight seasons at Auburn football with one SEC title and an appearance in the 2013 BCS National Championship game against Florida State, Malzahn was fired in December of last year.

Malzahn was a divisive coach during his time on the Plains. Just go on YouTube and look up angry Auburn fan rants on the Paul Finebaum Show and you’ll see what I’m talking about.

Even though Coach Malzahn is down in Orlando coaching at UCF (with likely a lot less stress now), the cupboard is not bare for Coach Harsin. There is talent across the board for the Tigers on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball.

Let’s take a look at the Tigers 2021 offense:

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