Auburn AD John Cohen Reveals No. 1 Priority He Wants in a New Coach

The Auburn Tigers find themselves on the hunt for a new coach after firing Hugh Freeze on Sunday.

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00:00You know, all the characteristics, somebody with an edge, somebody who's highly competitive.

00:07You know, in my career, I found that one of two things has to happen.

00:12The head coach of almost any sport either has to have a tremendous edge to them

00:20or they have to be surrounded by assistants who have an edge to them.

00:24There's many different ways to define that, but you can call it blue collar,

00:27you can call it hard-nosed, you can call it aggressive, you can call it all those things.

00:32But that's usually priority, number one, is to define that part.

00:38Then intelligence, strategic, forward thinking, I mean, all those things matter.

00:45And at this level of college football, you're obviously going to have somebody who has a track record in all these areas

00:51and you're going to look into that track record with the utmost seriousness.

00:54And you're looking for somebody who can lead a building, lead a staff, lead 18 to 22, 23, 24-year-olds

01:06into battle to compete in the best league in the country.

01:11Amen.