Gus Malzahn must now replace another support staff member involved in recruiting.
It's been less than three weeks since the departure of Patrick Suddes for Georgia Tech. Now, Billy High, who has been with the Tigers for the last two seasons and in 2018 was the director of recruiting, will head to the ACC and work in a similar position at North Carolina, as confirmed on Monday by Tar Heels athletics.
High's role will be UNC's director of football recruiting and assistant athletic director under first-year coach Mack Brown.
High joined the Tigers in March 2017 and was promoted to director of recruiting before the start of last season. In this position, he oversaw the player personnel and on-campus recruiting departments.
High's previous experiences before joining Auburn included a defensive quality control coaching job at Eastern Kentucky in 2016. While at Eastern Kentucky, High ran the scout-team offense in practices and was responsible for defensive scouting reports.
High owns two degrees from Tennessee and began his career with the Volunteers as a recruiting intern in 2009. High graduated in 2012 and earned his master's in higher education in 2015. During this time, High also served as an assistant coach at Christian Academy of Knoxville for four seasons.
Auburn now has three designated staffers in their football recruiting department: Director of football recruiting operations Mollie Moore and recruiting operations coordinators Natasha Sanders and Elizabeth Burkett.
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