At Auburn, Greene fired football coach Gus Malzahn at the end of the 2020 season and then made the disastrous hire of Bryan Harsin to replace him. Greene resigned in August 2022 with five months left on his contract, and Harsin was fired two months later after less than two seasons on the job.

Allen Greene stepped away from his role as Auburn's athletic director over two years ago, and now he is ready to take the chair at another institution. ESPN's Pete Thamel reports that Pittsburgh has hired Greene to become the university's next athletic director.

Allen Greene is taking over as Pitt athletic director after serving as the senior deputy athletic director and chief operating officer at Tennessee and stints as AD at Buffalo and Auburn.