Auburn fires Johnnie Harris after early SEC Match exit caps 12-18 season

Harris had gone 58-63 in 4 seasons. Auburn earned its first NCAA Match look since 2019 final season, however the Tigers adopted that up by going 12-18 general and 3-13 in SEC competitors this 12 months.

Auburn’s SEC Match defeat marked its seventh consecutive loss. The Tigers completed the common season in a four-way tie for final place within the SEC with Missouri, Texas A&M and Arkansas.

“I’ve an incredible quantity of respect and admiration for Johnnie,” Auburn athletic director John Cohen stated in an announcement. “Having labored along with her for greater than a decade at two establishments, I do know Johnnie is an distinctive individual with an incredible basketball thoughts. I thank Johnnie for the way in which she represented Auburn and for her contributions to our girls’s basketball program. Whereas these selections are by no means simple, this system should transfer in a brand new course.”

Harris had been an affiliate head coach on Vic Schaefer’s Mississippi State employees from 2012-20, whereas Cohen was Mississippi State’s athletic director from 2016-22. Harris adopted Schaefer to Texas and was affiliate head coach there in 2020-21 earlier than taking up Auburn’s program.

She went 10-18 her debut season at Auburn, which had gone 5-19 the 12 months earlier than her arrival. Auburn went 16-15 in 2022-23 — the Tigers’ first profitable season since 2018-19 — and 20-12 in 2023-24 earlier than backsliding this season.

Auburn’s 2023-24 group posted its highest win whole since 2019 and went 8-8 in SEC play, the primary time since 2019 the Tigers completed .500 or higher in league competitors. That group misplaced to Arizona 69-59 within the First 4 spherical of the NCAA Match.

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