Auburn has fired head football coach Gus Malzahn, the school announced Sunday. The decision comes less than 24 hours after the Tigers finished the regular season with a 6-4 record after beating Mississippi State 24-10 on Saturday. "After evaluating the state of the Auburn football program, we've decided that it was time to make a change in leadership," Auburn director of athletics Allen Greene said in a statement. "We appreciate everything that Gus did for the program over the last eight seasons. We will begin a search immediately for a coach that can help the Auburn program consistently compete at the highest level." Sources told ESPN's Chris Low that Malzahn was informed of his firing just before a team meeting on Sunday. Defensive coordinator Kevin Steele will take over as interim head coach. Malzahn finished with a record of 68-34. He is owed $21.7 million, 50% of which is due in the first 30 days. The program reached the BCS National Championship in his first...