ATLANTA — Gus Malzahn wants to be Auburn's head coach next season.

But that's not going to stop Arkansas from attempting to make him its next head coach. The Razorbacks are prepared to chase the fifth-year Auburn coach and bring him back to his home state as the head coach.

Malzahn, facing the question for a third time this week, was asked about the reports several times following a 28-7 loss to No. 6 Georgia in the SEC Championship Game.

"Yeah, I'm happy at Auburn," Malzahn said. "We have great players. I love my players. As I said before this game, we worked extremely hard to get here to this point, and we've got a very good foundation built, and I think the best is yet to come."

A questioner followed up and asked if that means Arkansas should not bother reaching out to him.



"I'm the head coach at Auburn, and I just said I want to be the head coach at Auburn," Malzahn said.

Will Malzahn be the coach at Auburn next season, the questioned asked.



"I want to be," Malzahn said.

Auburn has yet to begin formal discussions with Malzahn about a contract extension or restructuring of his deal, which currently runs through the 2020 season.

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