In today's edition of Auburn Tigers News, A-Day is set to look a little different this year, and Larry Vickers is introduced as the new women's basketball coach
Each year, the Auburn football team participates in a scrimmage in Jordan-Hare Stadium that is open to the public. A-Day is a typically a day of festivities on the Plains, but this year the school has announced that it will look a little different.
Instead of the Tigers putting on a scrimmage, A-Day will essentially be utilized as an additional hour-long practice. It will be free and open to the public, but no score will be kept, and it will not be televised.
Gates will open at 11:00 a.m. central time, and practice will go from noon to 1:00 p.m. The team will hold an autograph session in Jordan-Hare for fans following the practice.
Larry Vickers introduced as new women's basketball coach
Over the weekend, Auburn announced that Larry Vickers would be the new head coach of the women's basketball program. Vickers previously spent over 20 years at Norfolk State, starting in 2008 as an assistant head coach for the men's basketball team.
He became the associate head coach in 2013, and then was named the interim women's head coach in the 2015-2016 season. He has been the head coach of the Norfolk State women's basketball team for the last nine seasons, and they finished up this past season with a 30-5 record.
"Auburn is an amazing place," Vickers said, per Auburn Rivals. "The facilities, people, quality basketball, the best league in the country. It's a lot of spot as far as why Auburn. Why Larry Vickers? When you talk about the transition and as people being to do their research, they started watching the way we play basketball. I want to play in that system. I want to play that style. It's beneficial to the ones that want to play internationally and in the [WNBA]. It's gonna be the same style and system that they run at the next level."