It's been quite the year for Auburn basketball. The Tigers' coaching staff had to replace nearly the entire roster after ending the season at the Final Four, and the only returning player is rising sophomore superstar Tahaad Pettiford.
But the Tigers also lost a member of their coaching staff when Chad Prewett announced he would be stepping down from his role as assistant coach to pursue ministry. On Friday, the program announced that Director of Scouting and Recruiting Ian Borders will be promoted to fill Prewett's spot, joining Steven Pearl, Ira Bowman, Corey Williams and Mike Burgomaster.
"I'm extremely excited and grateful to continue to be a part of the Auburn Family in this new role," Borders said, per Auburn Undercover. "Coach Pearl is the best coach in the country, and to learn and work for him the past seven years has been such a blessing. We've made a lot of history together, and I am thrilled to continue to do so in the years to come as an assistant coach."
Borders joined the Auburn basketball staff in 2018 as video coordinator after previously working in the same role at Little Rock under former Auburn coach Wes Flanigan. He was promoted to director of scouting and recruiting in 2023.
"We are very excited and pleased to announce Ian Borders stepping into a full-time coaching position on our staff," Pearl said. "He has been my director of scouting and recruiting the last several years. Ian has a great eye for talent, is a tireless worker and a gifted videographer. Now, he is going to have an opportunity to be on the floor with our players and will be even more directly involved in our recruiting. I've always believed in promoting from within and rewarding good people for a job well done. Ian has been with me for a long time. He passed on opportunities to be able to coach but stayed at Auburn. It will benefit us greatly having him on the floor."