aubiefifty 12,976 Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 auburn.247sports.com Kevin Steele earns FootballScoop.com's defensive coordinator of the year award Brandon Marcello 2 minutes AUBURN, Alabama — Kevin Steele is a popular man these days on the Plains and across the nation. The Auburn defensive coordinator was interviewed twice for the head coaching job at Tennessee, finished among the finalists for the Broyles Award and is busy recruiting after leading one of the nation's top-10 scoring defenses in the regular season. On Thursday, he picked up his first individual award: FootballScoop.com's defensive coordinator of the year. The winner is selected by the award's last nine winners. GET THE SCOOP Auburn finished 10th nationally in scoring defense and ninth in yards per play. The Tigers have finished in the top 10 of scoring defense in each of Steele's two seasons as the coordinator. He previously served at LSU, Clemson and Alabama as a coordinator during his 38-year coaching career. His defense this season held Georgia to a season-low 48 rushing yards and Clemson scored a season-low 14 points against the Tigers' defense. Both teams are in the College Football Playoff. His defense also helped pave the way for victories against then-No. 1 teams Georgia and Alabama near the end of the regular season. The Tigers advanced to the SEC Championship Game and lost to Georgia. No. 7 Auburn (10-3) is set to face No. 12 UCF (12-0) in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl on New Year's Day. Kickoff is set for 11:30 a.m. CT on ESPN inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
around4ever 4,133 Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Congrats Coach! Well deserved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leglessdan 1,934 Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Hell yeah. Well deserved Coach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarTim 3,208 Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Well done Coach. God Bless and continued success!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jAUSon 2,710 Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Eye 7 2,535 Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Without a doubt the best hire Gus ever made. WDE Coach KS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUpreacherman22 2,880 Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 War Eagle CKS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUIH1 1,515 Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Well deserved. Congrats to Coach Steele!! wde Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1911tiger 18 Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Whose crush was he? Oh yeah that's right...........mine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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