AUBURN, Ala. - When talking to parents of the football players he’s recruiting, Travis Williams points to himself and fellow assistant coaches Rodney Garner and Kodi Burns as Exhibits A, B and C. His message: Auburn looks after its own.
“It’s a great selling point for parents,” said Williams, who along with Burns and Garner, coaches at his alma mater on Gus Malzahn’s staff. “We’re doing everything we say we are doing for our kids. If you do right by Auburn, Auburn will do right by you.”
The trio are part of 19 former Auburn student-athletes working full-time in Auburn’s Athletics department, along with an army of former Tigers working as graduate assistants and interns, gaining experience in everything from media relations to event operations.