For the second straight season, Auburn will be facing a team with an interim coach. It isn't an old legend coming back at the team's behest this time, though. Former Memphis Tiger head coach Justin Fuente built a strong team out of one of the doormats of college football before his departure to take the Virginia Tech job. Now Darrell Dickey is leading them through the final game of the season to face Auburn.
Auburn will have a partial interim staff of its own as for the second season in a row they do not have a full-time defensive coordinator on the sidelines.