Auburn hired South Florida 's Alex Golesh as its next head football coach, the school announced Sunday.

Golesh agreed to a six-year deal with the Tigers, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel. The 41-year-old coach went 23-15 over three seasons at South Florida and just led the Bulls to a 9-3 record -- their best season since 2017.

"Auburn football is one of the proudest, most tradition-rich programs in all of college football and my family and I could not be more excited to join the Auburn family," Golesh said in a statement. "This will be a player-driven program, and no one will outwork our staff. Auburn has won, can win and will win championships. Let's get to work."

Golesh takes over an Auburn program that has endured five consecutive losing seasons under former coaches Hugh Freeze and

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