Bryan Harsin made his first official hire of his first Auburn staff.
Auburn’s new head coach brings strength and conditioning coaches Jeff Pitman from Boise State to the Plains, Harsin announced Tuesday night. Pitman also worked with Harsin when he was the Arkansas head coach in 2013. In general, he has held the position in Harsin’s staff for the past eight seasons.
“Coach Pitman is bringing three decades of collegiate strength coaching and player development to Auburn,” Harsin said in a statement. ‘He was an instrumental part of many championship teams and players he worked with, letting their time with him praise Coach Pitman for developing them as soccer players and men. We know his approach in the weight room and other performance areas will make our players better everywhere, especially since he specializes up front with our men on the offensive and defensive lines. ”
Pitman replaces Ryan Russell, who has served as head coach of Auburn since 2013. Harsin prefers not to retain Russell early this week.
“I am very honored to work for Coach Harsin and our Auburn family,” Pitman said in a statement. ‘Coach will develop our student athletes into Auburn men that we can all be proud of. War eagle! ”
A Boise State graduate, like Harsin, was Pitman’s first tournament as the Broncos’ 1999-2006 power and conditioning coach. He also holds positions in the state of Montana (1995-97), Minnesota (1994), San Jose State (1997-99), Colorado (2007-10) and West Carolina (2011-12) before Harsin’s rods are held.
“Jeff Pitman was my first introduction to high-level competitive football,” he said. Seam solder, a two-way Super Bowl attack with the Patriots that was an All-American consensus in Colorado in 2010 when Pitman was on the Buffalos staff. “He challenged and pushed me from the moment I walked in the door until the day I stepped up as the 17th overall pick in the NFL draft in 2011. He saw potential in me long before I ever had it in myself. football sport boils down to will and attitude.
“Coach Pitman has an unstoppable will that is part of his coaching DNA. Iron grinds iron like one man grinds, Coach Pitman was the iron that sharpened me in college and was the foundation of the success I had in the NFL. . “
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