NEWYou can now listen to PK Press Club articles!
The Auburn Tigers have hired Alex Golesh as their next head football coach, the school announced Sunday.
Golesh will be heading to the SEC school after three seasons leading the South Florida Bulls. The team finished the regular season with a 9-3 record and capped it with a 52-3 victory over the Rice Owls on Saturday.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON PK Press Club
South Florida Bulls head coach Alex Golesh talks with CJ during the second half against the Navy Midshipmen at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium November 15, 2025. (Tommy Gilligan/Imagn Images)
He joined South Florida for the 2023 season, leading the school to seven wins, including a victory in the Boca Raton Bowl. It was much of the same in 2024 – a 7-6 record and a Hawaii Bowl victory.
The 2025 season was Golesh’s best. Bulls quarterback Byrum Brown totaled 3,158 passing yards and led the team with 1,008 rushing yards. The team opened with wins against ranked opponents Boise State and Florida before suffering its first loss against Miami. The team also suffered losses to Memphis and Navy.
2025 COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEK 14 BUZZ: LANE KIFFIN’S EXIT BECOMES UGLY AT OLE MISS
South Florida Bulls head coach Alex Golesh watches the UTSA Roadrunners during the first half at Raymond James Stadium on November 6, 2025. (Kim Klement Neitzel/Imagn Images)
Auburn parted ways with Hugh Freeze after nine games. Freeze was hired by the Liberty Flames after successfully getting them to three bowl games in four years.
However, Auburn never won more than six times under Freeze. In 2023, the Tigers were 6-7 and lost in the Music City Bowl.
South Florida Bulls head coach Alex Golesh reacts to a replay during the second quarter against the Florida Atlantic Owls at Raymond James Stadium on October 18, 2025. (Reinhold Matay/Imagn Images)
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE PK Press Club APP
Golesh will be Auburn’s fourth head coach since winning a national championship in 2010.
