Here’s more about Auburn defensive coordinator DJ Durkin, who has been named the team’s interim head coach following the firing of Hugh Freeze .

DJ Durkin is in his second season as defensive coordinator at Auburn. In his first season, Auburn had its best rushing defense since 2010 (117.8 ypg), the best total defense since 2017 (330.8 ypg) and the best scoring defense since 2019 (19.5 ppg).

Durkin came to Auburn after spending the previous four seasons in the SEC, including the last two as defensive coordinator at Texas A&M. Before that he coached linebackers at Ole Miss.

The Youngstown, Ohio, native arrived at Texas A&M after directing the defense and coaching linebackers at Ole Miss for two seasons. In his two-plus decade coaching career, Durkin was also head coach at Maryland in th

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