Where new Auburn AD John Cohen said Jordan-Hare Stadium had 'room for improvement'

AUBURN — Auburn athletics director John Cohen has only been in his role for about four months, but he's already been thinking about facility upgrades.

One of those ideas? Giving a facelift to Jordan-Hare Stadium.

"I think even the most casual fan looks into our north end zone and sees that we have room for improvement there, and I think we're gonna get there," Cohen said Wednesday in an exclusive interview with the Montgomery Advertiser. "It's going to take a little time, but I think we can create some improvement in the north end zone."

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Cohen also said indoor sports like basketball and gymnastics have "some practice space challenges" that he'd like to address. Baseball and softball will be given attention, too.

"We will continue to upgrade the facilities in this athletic department ... even though the landscape is changing," Cohen said. "... There's only a certain amount of dollars to go around, I think it's really important to understand that every coach and every student-athlete quite frankly is going to have to say, 'What are my priorities?' ...

"Because you're not going to get it all. ... You're either going to have more opportunities with facilities or you might have more opportunities with name, image and likeness."

Auburn recently opened and moved into the Woltosz Football Performance Center, a project that came with a price tag of more than $90 million: "I have not seen all of the best football facilities in the entire country," Cohen said. "But of the many that I've seen, it's certainly the best."

Richard Silva is the Auburn athletics beat writer for the Montgomery Advertiser. He can be reached via email at rsilva@gannett.com or on Twitter @rich_silva18.