It was one week ago to the date that Auburn athletic director Allen Greene guaranteed the local media that Gus Malzahn would remain the head coach beyond this season.

“He’ll be the coach next year, and I’m confident that he’s going to — he’s already proven that we can get through adversity," Greene said on Nov. 6. "Every team has it, and I’m looking forward to working with him for a long time.”

Malzahn, currently coaching a 6-4 Auburn team with a 3-4 SEC record, was asked about the comments this Tuesday, and if he felt equally as confident in his future.

“There’s no doubt,” Malzahn said on Tuesday. “I’ll be the coach and we’ll get this thing turned around. That’s what we’re going to do.”

Malzahn is currently in the first year of a seven-year, $49 million contract he signed before this season began. To fire him after this year would involve a buyout of more than $32 million. He’s coming off a 27-10 loss to Georgia, dropping his overall head coaching record against UGA, Alabama and LSU to 6-12 during his six-year tenure.

He promised a better offense for the future, citing a lot of returning contributing players. As a whole, his Tuesday press conference was a confident boast of both his future, and the team’s future success.

It’s not a rare occurrence for Malzahn, who said before Auburn played Tennessee, "I think we’re set up to improve each week. We’ve done that the last few seasons. I think we’ll do that again this year."

Of course, Auburn lost that game, and has gone 2-2 with more of a regression than improvement from the first half of the year.

The good news for Malzahn is that he’s confident that he’ll have next year to prove himself right.