Gene Chizik

Gene Chizik

Eugene T. "Gene" Chizik (born December 28, 1961) is an American football coach and former player. He is the former head coach of the Auburn University football team, a position he held from the 2009 season until the end of the 2012 season. Chizik's 2010 Auburn Tigers football team completed a 14–0 season with a victory over Oregon in the BCS National Championship Game. Chizik played college football at the University of Florida in 1981 for head coach Charley Pell.