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Kevin Steele’s defensive staff is starting to take shape.

Two days after Steele was introduced as Auburn’s new defensive coordinator, the Tigers added a new secondary coach to the football staff. Auburn announced on Thursday that former New Orleans Saints secondary coach Wesley McGriff has been hired as Auburn’s new defensive backs coach and co-defensive coordinator.

“I'm very pleased to add Wesley to our staff at Auburn,” Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn said in a statement. “He has a tremendous amount of experience and success in developing players at the college and NFL levels. Wesley’s a true professional and a man of character that will be a great coach and mentor for our players.”

McGriff, a 25-year coaching veteran who got his first job in 1990 at Savannah State, has a history of coaching in the SEC, with Auburn being his fourth stop within the conference.

McGriff coached running backs and defensive backs at Kentucky from 2001-02 and then had a stint at Vanderbilt in 2011 as the Commodores’ secondary coach. In 2012 he was the co-defensive coordinator and cornerbacks coach at Ole Miss before spending the last three seasons with the Saints.