Auburn fires Harsin after less than 2 seasons

After little than 2 turbulent seasons, Auburn fired shot manager Bryan Harsin connected Monday.

The determination comes conscionable earlier the schoolhouse was expected to sanction a caller diversion manager successful John Cohen, the erstwhile Mississippi State AD, a root told ESPN's Pete Thamel.

Harsin's firing comes little than 48 hours aft the Tigers mislaid to Arkansas astatine location by 2 touchdowns.

The squad dropped to 3-5 and is successful information of missing retired connected a vessel crippled for the archetypal clip since 2012.

Harsin's tenure astatine Auburn ends with a 9-12 record.

"Auburn University has decided to marque a alteration successful the enactment of the Auburn University shot program," the schoolhouse said successful a statement. "President [Christopher] Roberts made the determination aft a thorough reappraisal and valuation of each aspects of the shot program. Auburn volition statesman an contiguous hunt for a manager that volition instrumentality the Auburn programme to a spot wherever it is consistently competing astatine the highest levels and representing the winning contented that is Auburn football."

Per presumption of his contract, Harsin volition beryllium owed $15.5 cardinal successful buyout wealth with 50 percent ($7.75 million) owed wrong 30 days and the remaining 50 percent ($7.75) successful 4 installments.

Two years ago, the schoolhouse decided to wage a $21.7 cardinal buyout successful bid to occurrence Gus Malzahn, who had gone 68-34 successful 8 seasons.

Auburn was coming disconnected a 6-7 play erstwhile Harsin's presumption was thrown successful limbo this past February aft the assemblage launched an probe into his handling of the program.

The enquiry came aft a fig of players and coaches near during the offseason.

Auburn yet cleared Harsin, who aboriginal called it a "personal attack" that helium said "didn't work."

Auburn opened the play with 2 consecutive wins, implicit Mercer and San Jose State, but has gone 1-5 since.

Harsin, 45, came to Auburn connected a six-year, $31.5 cardinal woody aft 7 seasons arsenic caput manager astatine Boise State.

His grounds arsenic a caput coach, including 1 play astatine Arkansas State, is 85-36.