aubiefifty 18,231 Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 si.com Tony Elliott Not Interviewing with Auburn Brad Senkiw 2 minutes A report surfaced Friday that Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott was interviewing for the head coaching position at Auburn, but Elliott himself halted rumors Saturday in a response to ESPN's Marty Smith. According to Smith, Elliott sent him a message that the assistant coach saw the report but isn't interested in Auburn at this time. "Contrary to reports I saw (Friday), I have not been contacted about the head coaching job at Auburn and am not scheduled to interview for that position,” Elliott sent to Smith. "While I typically wouldn’t address this in this manner, I felt it was important to set the record straight for the young men in our program. My focus currently remains 100% on our team & the opportunity we have to face a great Notre Dame team for the ACC Championship Saturday.” Footballscoop.com named Elliott in a list of several candidates who were slated to interview with Auburn this weekend. That group included Alabama OC Steve Sarkisian and Louisana head coach Billy Napier. Current Auburn defensive coordinator Kevin Steele is also reportedly in the mix. Both Steele and Napier are former Clemson assistants. The ACC Tigers are set to take on the Irish at 4 p.m. today, while the SEC Tigers continue their search to replace Gus Malzahn. FOX Sports and The Athletic reporter Bruce Feldman said Saturday morning that he's hearing Auburn wants to talk to both Elliott and defensive coordinator Brent Venables. Elliott, who won the Broyles Award in 2017 as the nation's top assistant coach, has long been connected with openings at several schools in recent years as Clemson has continued setting offensive records in the program and racking up ACC titles and College Football Playoff appearances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilligas 581 Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 4 minutes ago, aubiefifty said: si.com Tony Elliott Not Interviewing with Auburn Brad Senkiw 2 minutes A report surfaced Friday that Clemson offensive coordinator Tony Elliott was interviewing for the head coaching position at Auburn, but Elliott himself halted rumors Saturday in a response to ESPN's Marty Smith. According to Smith, Elliott sent him a message that the assistant coach saw the report but isn't interested in Auburn at this time. "Contrary to reports I saw (Friday), I have not been contacted about the head coaching job at Auburn and am not scheduled to interview for that position,” Elliott sent to Smith. "While I typically wouldn’t address this in this manner, I felt it was important to set the record straight for the young men in our program. My focus currently remains 100% on our team & the opportunity we have to face a great Notre Dame team for the ACC Championship Saturday.” Footballscoop.com named Elliott in a list of several candidates who were slated to interview with Auburn this weekend. That group included Alabama OC Steve Sarkisian and Louisana head coach Billy Napier. Current Auburn defensive coordinator Kevin Steele is also reportedly in the mix. Both Steele and Napier are former Clemson assistants. The ACC Tigers are set to take on the Irish at 4 p.m. today, while the SEC Tigers continue their search to replace Gus Malzahn. FOX Sports and The Athletic reporter Bruce Feldman said Saturday morning that he's hearing Auburn wants to talk to both Elliott and defensive coordinator Brent Venables. Elliott, who won the Broyles Award in 2017 as the nation's top assistant coach, has long been connected with openings at several schools in recent years as Clemson has continued setting offensive records in the program and racking up ACC titles and College Football Playoff appearances. Smith said Elliott is not interested in Auburn, but I don’t see that in Elliotts text. Not having been contacted and being 100% focused on Clemson right now does not imply he lacks interest. Unless there was more communication than shown here I wouldn’t assume he’s out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony4AU 386 Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Wasn’t that from Friday? Hopefully he will interview today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prester John 15 Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 It would be wise to make (another) run at Tony Elliott. If Coach Elliott is a firm no, then interview U of Cincinnati Coach Luke Fickell. After those two maybe Brent Venables, the Clemson DC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBlueWDE 1,136 Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Just a repackaging of the original tweet...with a "stretch conclusion" that he isn't interested in Auburn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToomersStreet 798 Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 IMO that was to keep focus on the Championship Game and the Playoff. Hopefully we dont tell Elliot he has to drop Clemson immediately if he wants the job. theres ways of going about it. Hire him, announce it and let him finish the season at Clemson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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