AUBURN, Alabama -- Auburn's Gene Chizik is in the business of hiring a coach for the third time since the end of the regular season, and this time he's replacing the last assistant from the Tommy Tuberville era.

Auburn announced Tuesday that secondary coach Phillip Lolley is moving to an administrative role for the second time in his career.

Chizik gave no indication which direction he'll search will take him, but he could lean on new defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder for some advice on at least one possible candidate. VanGorder knows Willie Martinez, who coached with VanGorder at Georgia, Central Michigan and Central Florida, and is available after leaving Oklahoma.

Chizik has already had to replace defensive coordinator Ted Roof with VanGorder, and replaced offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn with Scot Loeffler after lengthy searches. Chizik didn't have a staff change in his first two years as Auburn's head coach.

Martinez spent the last two seasons at Oklahoma. He left the program after the 2011 season when head coach Bob Stoops hired his brother, Mike, to coach defensive backs.

Martinez and VanGorder were on the same Georgia staff for four years. Martinez replaced VanGorder as defensive coordinator in 2005, a position he held for five seasons.

Lolley and Chizik worked together twice at Auburn. Lolley coached with Chizik when they were both assistants on Tommy Tuberville's coaching staff before Lolley moved to an administrative job. Chizik put him back on the field when he was hired as head coach for the 2009 season.

"We appreciate Coach Lolley and the contributions he has made to the Auburn football program in his various roles over the years," Chizik said in a statement. "We look forward to him continuing to help with the program's success in his new capacity."

Lolley, a veteran of high school football in Alabama, has served as an Auburn conditioning coach in 1999-2000, secondary coach from 2000-03, Director of NFL Relations from 2004-08 and the cornerback coach from 2009-11.

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