Auburn athletics director John Cohen addressed the members of the media after Sunday afternoons firing of former head coach Hugh Freeze.

Auburn joins 12 other programs with head coaching vacancies, Cohen elaborated more on his upcoming search and the qualities he’s looking for in the Tigers next coach.

“Somebody with an edge. Somebody who is highly competitive. In my career, I’ve found that one or two things has to happen: The head coach of almost any sport has to either have a tremendous edge to them or they have to be surrounded by assistants who have an edge to them,” Cohen said Monday afternoon.

“That’s usually priority No. 1, to find that part. Then intelligence, strategic, forward thinking, all those things matter,” Cohen added. “At this level in college football, you’re obviousl

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