COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri’s Eli Drinkwitz revisits his coaching past on two fronts Saturday.
His Tigers (2-1) play at Auburn (2-1) for the first time in program history — and Auburn happens to be where Drinkwitz landed his first job in college coaching a dozen years ago.
On the opposite sideline Saturday (11 a.m., ESPN), Drinkwitz will coach against the man who gave him his first big break as a college coordinator. Bryan Harsin, Auburn’s embattled coach and Drinkwitz’s boss at two programs, might need a victory over his former assistant to save his job.
Either way, Drinkwitz knows his career doesn’t launch without Harsin’s help.