 Freeze as Auburn head coach | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Auburn |
| Conference | SEC |
| Record | 10–13 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 27, 1969 Oxford, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Baseball | |
| 1989–1990 | Northwest Mississippi CC |
| Fall 1990 | Southern Miss |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1992–1994 | Briarcrest HS (TN) (OC/DB) |
| 1995–2004 | Briarcrest HS (TN) |
| 2006–2007 | Ole Miss (TE/RC) |
| 2008–2009 | Lambuth |
| 2010 | Arkansas State (OC) |
| 2011 | Arkansas State |
| 2012–2016 | Ole Miss |
| 2019–2022 | Liberty |
| 2023–present | Auburn |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2005 | Ole Miss (assistant AD) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 85–60[a] |
| Bowls | 5–3[b] |
| Tournaments | 1–2 (NAIA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 Sun Belt (2011) 2 MSC West Division (2008–2009) 2 Tennessee HS 8-AA (2002, 2004) 6 Tennessee HS 8-AA Regional (1995–1998, 2001, 2002) | |
| Awards | |
| AFCA Southeast Region COY (2009) Mid-South Conference COY (2009) 4× AP HS COY 5× Region 8-AA COY | |
Danny Hugh Freeze Jr.[2] (born September 27, 1969) is an American college football coach who is the head coach for the Auburn Tigers of Auburn University.[3] A successful high school football coach at Briarcrest Christian School in Memphis, Tennessee, Freeze coached Michael Oher and Greg Hardy. He subsequently was the head football coach at Lambuth University from 2008 to 2009, Arkansas State University in 2011, the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) from 2012 to 2016, and Liberty University from 2018 to 2022.
Under Freeze, the Ole Miss football program committed various recruiting and academic violations that figured in the NCAA's decision to expunge 27 of Freeze's wins and ban the team from post-season play for two years.[4] After university officials attempted to paint Freeze's predecessor as the main culprit, they were sued for defamation and they subsequently issued a public apology.[5] The team's star quarterback and other players told NCAA officials that Freeze lied to them about the charges while he recruited them.[6]
Freeze resigned from Ole Miss in 2017 after officials discovered that he had used a university cellphone to call escort services at least a dozen times over 33 months.[7][8]
- ^ a b Koch, Mitchell (February 12, 2019). "Ole Miss football forced to vacate 33 wins after investigation". WREG.com. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
- ^ "Nicholls coaching search nets 42 applicants". Houma Today. December 24, 2009. Archived from the original on December 15, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ^ Low, Chris (November 28, 2022). "Auburn hires 'the best fit,' chooses Hugh Freeze as next coach". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
- ^ Axson, Scooby (February 12, 2019). "Ole Miss to vacate 33 FB wins after violations". SI.com. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
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