Gene Chizik is the head football coach at Auburn University. In 2010 Chizik led Auburn to a perfect 14–0 record, winning the SEC title and the national championship. He was named the Associated Press SEC Coach of the Year, Home Depot Coach of the Year, Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year, and Bobby Bowden National Collegiate Coach of the Year; and received the Paul “Bear” Bryant Award. At 8–0, he is undefeated in bowl games as a coach. Prior to taking over as head coach at Auburn, Chizik served as an assistant coach at Middle Tennessee State; as defensive coordinator at Stephen F. Austin State University, the University of Central Florida, Auburn University, and the University of Texas; and as head coach at Iowa State University. A native of Clearwater, Florida.
