2012 Auburn Tigers football team
Name Position Alma mater Year Entering
Gene Chizik Head Coach Florida 4th
Scot Loeffler Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks Michigan 1st
Brian VanGorder Defensive Coordinator Wayne State 1st
Trooper Taylor Assistant head coach / Wide receivers Baylor 4th
Curtis Luper Running backs /Recruiting Coordinator Stephen F. Austin 4th
Jeff Grimes Offensive line UTEP 4th
Jay Boulware Special teams Coordinator / Tight ends Texas 4th
Mike Pelton Defensive line Auburn 2nd
Willie Martinez Secondary Miami 1st
Tommy Thigpen Linebackers North Carolina 4th
Kevin Yoxall Head Strength and Conditioning Coach TCU 13th
Coaching staff
The 2012 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Gene Chizik, who was in his fourth season with Auburn. The Tigers played their home games at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn, Alabama, and competed in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). On November 25, 2012, Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobs fired head coach Chizik and all of the assistant coaches after finishing the season 3-9 overall with a 0-8 record in SEC play, the program's worst season in 60 years.