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Leaked audio shows Willie Fritz left GS on issue of 'job security'

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GS athletic director Tom Kleinlein speaks at Day One in 2016. He has been under scrutiny for his handling of the firings of co-offensive coordinators David Dean and Rance Gillespie after last season, and he now faces new questions after leaked audio was published of former coach Willie Fritz expressing his frustrations about the job security he was never given by Kleinlein.

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On December 16, 2015, a week before Georgia Southern played and won its first ever bowl game, head coach Willie Fritz announced to his team in a players' meeting that he would be taking the Tulane job because he didn't feel he had "job security" despite leading one of the most successful FCS-to-FBS transitions in college football history.