What to know: Porter is an experienced running backs coach who will now start a second stint at Auburn. He was on Gus Malzahn’s staff from 2017-2020, where he coached tight ends and halfbacks and was the program’s recruiting coordinator.

Alex Golesh has completed his first coaching staff with Auburn football, as the program announced Tuesday, Dec. 16, that Howard head coach Larry Scott would be joining the program as tight ends coach.

Alex Golesh fled the Soviet Union at age 7 with $400. Now he's Auburn's head coach. Here's everything about his journey and family

New Auburn head coach Alex Golesh wants the program to be built on high school recruiting. In his mind, there’s enough talent in the 250-mile radius around Auburn to build an elite roster with those players out of high school. That doesn’t mean he’s against using the transfer portal, but he doesn’t want to depend on it.

Alex Golesh recapped his first Auburn football signing class Monday and shared insights into roster-building. Here's a breakdown of his comments.

Alex Golesh was clear about how he wanted to build his first coaching staff at Auburn, and so far, that plan is coming together nicely.

That came in response to a question Golesh was asked about evaluating Auburn’s quarterbacks, with those two mentioned specifically. Knight and Daniels are the two quarterbacks Golesh is set to inherit, with Jackson Arnold expected to enter the transfer portal.