Matt Zenitz with 247Sports announced via Twitter (X) on Tuesday that former Florida Atlantic University football defensive coordinator Roc Bellantoni is expected to become Auburn University football’s next outside lineman coach for the 2025-26 season.
Auburn’s assistant director of communications for football, Shelly Poe, confirmed with the University Press on Jan. 8 in an email naming Roc Bellantoni one of Auburn’s newest defensive coordinators along with T.J. Rushing.
“I am so thankful to Coach Freeze for allowing me the opportunity to return to the Plains..,” Bellantoni wrote in a statement after talking with Auburn head coach, Hugh Freeze.