Auburn has spent the past several seasons trapped in the same frustrating pattern: playing well for long stretches, only to fall apart in the closing minutes. Under Hugh Freeze, those problems became a defining storyline, especially this season, when six of the team’s seven losses came by a single score.

That inability to finish eventually cost Freeze his job . But even after his firing, Auburn’s fourth-quarter issues persisted. Interim coach D.J. Durkin injected some energy into the program, yet the Tigers still dropped tight SEC games to Vanderbilt and Alabama. It was clear the problem ran deeper than coaching turnover.

Now, Auburn turns to Alex Golesh, a coach known for building disciplined, explosive, and relentlessly conditioned teams . In his introductory press conference,

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