AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn fired women’s basketball coach Johnnie Harris on Thursday, one day after the Tigers lost to Florida 60-50 in the first round of the SEC tournament.
Harris went 58-63 in four seasons. Auburn earned its first NCAA tournament appearance since 2019 last season, but the Tigers followed that up by going 12-18 overall and 3-13 in SEC competition this year.
Auburn’s SEC tournament defeat marked its seventh consecutive loss. The Tigers finished the regular season in a four-way tie for last place in the SEC with Missouri, Texas A&M and Arkansas.
“I have a tremendous amount of respect and admiration for Johnnie,” Auburn athletic director John Cohen said in a statement. “Having worked with her for more than a decade at two institutions, I know Johnnie is an exceptional person with a great basketball mind. I thank Johnnie for the way she represented Auburn and for her contributions to our women’s basketball program. While these decisions are never easy, the program must move in a new direction.”
Harris had been an associate head coach on Vic Schaefer’s Mississippi State staff from 2012-20, while Cohen was Mississippi State’s athletic director from 2016-22. Harris followed Schaefer to Texas and was associate head coach there in 2020-21 before…
