Huntsville (Ala.) Lee High School small forward Josh Langford was committed to Louisville early on in the process and decided to back off his commitment. He visited several schools including Auburn last weekend for A-Day and Ole Miss on April 9th.
Langford left Auburn after his visit very high on the Tigers. Today he made it official when he signed scholarship papers to play for Tony Barbee and the Auburn Tigers.
The 6-foot-6, 210-pounder averaged 21 points and 12 rebounds as a senior on the 5A state championship team. Langford was also named tourney MVP. He projects as a full qualifier and will enroll at Auburn this summer.
Photo Credit: Glenn Baeske/Huntsville Times
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Welcome to new Auburn Basketball Coach Tony Barbee
Tony Barbee, a 38-year-old up-and-comer who rejuvenated UTEP basketball over the past four seasons, will be named Auburn’s new head basketball coach, the Opelika-Auburn News has confirmed through sources close to the program.
Auburn is expected to announce the news later tonight and a press conference will be held tomorrow afternoon.
Barbee will become Auburn’s first black basketball coach in program history and will join track coach Ralph Spry Jr. as the only two minority head coaches at the university.
Barbee was also linked to openings at DePaul and Iowa. Barbee, who was making $300,000 annually at UTEP, is likely due for a big raise at Auburn. Athletic director Jay Jacobs said the Tigers would be competitive in the SEC arena of coaching salaries after letting go of Jeff Lebo, who made an SEC-low $785,000 salary.
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