Auburn head coach Alex Golesh sends cool message to former Tennessee Vols offensive coordinator on first day of spring practice

Alex Golesh served as the Tennessee Vols’ offensive coordinator for two seasons.

Zach Ragan — Tennessee Volunteers News Writer
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Legendary former Tennessee Vols offensive coordinator David Cutcliffe is officially retiring.

Cutcliffe, who also served as the head coach at Ole Miss and Duke during his illustrious career, has served as the SEC’s special assistant to the Commissioner for Football Relations for the last four years.

News broke Tuesday that Cutcliffe, who is 71, is retiring on March 31.

Auburn head coach Alex Golesh sends message to David Cutcliffe

Auburn Tigers head coach Alex Golesh, who served as Tennessee’s offensive coordinator in 2021 and 2022, sent a message to Cutcliffe on Tuesday while speaking to reporters after his team’s first spring practice.

“I guess Coach Cutcliffe’s retirement got announced today,” said Golesh. “Coach Cut obviously did a ton for this league, but he became a dear friend from my time at Tennessee. You talk about guys that changed the way offensive football’s played. So congrats to him on his retirement. I told him I’d see him here at some point myself. He’s been really, really good to me, even just in my time here (at Auburn).”

Cutcliffe is one of the all-time greats in college football, not just as a coach, but as a person. There are very few people in this sport who can match the wisdom that Cutcliffe possesses.

Amazingly, Cutcliffe spent nearly 40 years as a college coach and he only worked for three schools — Tennessee, Ole Miss, and Duke.

That’s something we may never see again in college football.

As for Golesh, it’s pretty cool that he took time to remember a legend whose name was made in the SEC long before Golesh coached in the SEC — the respect for Cutcliffe certainly stretches across multiple generations.

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