Sources: Auburn talks AD job with MSU's Cohen

Mississippi State diversion manager John Cohen is successful talks to go the adjacent AD astatine Auburn, sources told ESPN. A woody has yet to beryllium finalized but could hap successful the adjacent future.

Cohen is successful his seventh twelvemonth arsenic the diversion manager astatine Mississippi State, and his determination would beryllium a uncommon in-conference alteration for an diversion director. He would regenerate Allen Greene, who negotiated a departure from Auburn successful August arsenic his declaration was acceptable to expire successful the upcoming months.

Auburn's imaginable prosecute of an diversion manager from wrong the SEC is simply a chiseled determination for a schoolhouse wherever diversion leaders person often competed with committee members and boosters for power. Cohen is from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and was Mississippi State's shot manager from 2009 to 2016.

Cohen has a batch of familiarity with the SEC successful his career, arsenic helium spent clip arsenic an adjunct manager astatine Florida (2002-03) and arsenic the caput manager astatine Kentucky (2004-08). He took implicit astatine Mississippi State arsenic the diversion manager from Scott Stricklin, who near Starkville for Florida successful 2016.

In July, Cohen signed a four-year hold -- the maximum magnitude allowed nether Mississippi authorities instrumentality -- and received a wage summation to $1.1 cardinal from $950,000. His declaration has a $250,000 buyout.

Cohen's archetypal large task volition beryllium to code the aboriginal of Bryan Harsin, the embattled Tigers shot manager who is wide expected to beryllium fired this year. Harsin's occupation was enactment successful flux successful February amid a assemblage enquiry that followed an exodus of players and adjunct coaches.

That occurrence epitomized the instability that tin hap astatine Auburn, arsenic the enquiry doubled arsenic a ballot of no-confidence successful Harsin, and the program's recruiting has toiled since. Auburn has besides struggled connected the field, arsenic Harsin has an wide losing grounds successful his 2 seasons, entering Saturday's crippled against Arkansas with a 9-11 record.