Florida Gators Hiring Auburn’s Ron Roberts as Co-defensive Coordinator, Linebackers Coach

The Tigers are losing their defensive coordinator to Florida.

Ron Roberts, who spent one season on the Plains, has been hired by the Gators as executive head coach for defense, co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach, per Matt Zenitz of 247Sports.

Roberts, who came over with Dave Aranda when Aranda was hired by Baylor in early 2020, served as DC for two seasons at Louisiana-Lafayette. Aranda previously served under Roberts when the latter was the head coach at Delta State in 2007.

His defense at Baylor led the Big 12 in run defense in 2021 and led the conference in turnovers gained. The Bears finished 52nd, 28th, and 55th nationally in yards per play during his three years. Roberts also has experience as a head coach, going a combined 89-45 in 11 seasons with Delta State and Southeastern Louisiana. This will be his second Power Five job.

In his lone season at Auburn, Roberts' fielded a defense that was average by league standards. The Tigers finished No. 8 in total defense, No. 10 in yards per play, No. 11 in rush defense and No. 3 in pass defense.

Auburn thrived in the turnover department, snagging the second-most takeaways of any SEC team (18).

As of now, there are no known candidates to replace Roberts as defensive coordinator.

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