After leading the team to four consecutive wins and secure a bowl berth as interim head coach at ECU, Blake Harrell was promoted to the head coaching role.
With the promotion, the former Broyles Award nominee is now tasked with finding someone to run a unit he had helped to turn around over the last four seasons.
247 shares that Auburn defensive edge coach Josh Aldridge has emerged as a target for the defensive coordinator job.
He spent the 2023 season coaching the linebackers, but moved to edge coach following the hire of DJ Durkin, who now coaches the linebackers
Aldridge followed Hugh Freeze to The Plains after spending the last four seasons on staff at Liberty, including co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach in 2022.
He spent his first three seasons with the Flames coaching the defensive line.
While at Liberty, he helped orchestrate a defense that led the country in team tackles for loss, and rank among the top 25 in a number of other key metrics.
Before joining the Liberty staff, Aldridge was a top Division II coordinator at Lenoir-Rhyne and West Georgia.
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