Reports: Auburn to hire Jared Benko as new executive vice athletic director

Georgia Southern athletics director Jared Benko will be the new executive vice athletics director at Auburn, according to multiple reports.

Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports first reported the news.

Benko’s new role at Auburn will see him focus primarily on the school’s transition to revenue sharing, according to Dellenger’s report. Benko previously worked at Auburn in 2015-2016.

His time at Auburn isn’t Benko’s only experience in the Southeastern Conference, where he worked at Mississippi State from 2016-2020 as the school’s associate director of athletics/chief financial officer. During that time he worked with now Auburn Athletics Director John Cohen.

Benko had been Georgia Southern’s director of athletics since March 2020.

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