When Auburn football hired Alex Golesh as head coach, one of the big questions was concerning the future of interim head coach DJ Durkin. Two days after Golesh’s hiring, the announcement of Durkin remaining on staff was made .

Golesh discussed the history he had with Durkin and how his main goal when accepting the Auburn job was keeping him on staff.

“DJ in my mind, as I was going to go through and put a staff together, DJ was the defensive coordinator I wanted to hire. So, for me, I think I’m fortunate I think I am to be able to get a veteran guy that’s in my opinion the best in the country right now with experience in this conference, playing these same teams that we’re going to play,” Golesh said Monday afternoon.

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