The following season, he became the tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator, positions he held through 2007.
In 2005, the University of Mississippi hired Freeze as an assistant athletic director for football external affairs. Briarcrest officials said they were unaware of any sexual improprieties committed by Freeze during his tenure. įollowing his dismissal from Ole Miss in 2017, some former students alleged that Freeze had engaged in inappropriate conduct with female students while at Briarcrest. While at Briarcrest Christian School, Freeze also coached the girls basketball team from 1992 to 2004, and actually had more success in this role, with an overall record of 305–63 (.829 winning percentage), seven straight championship appearances, and four championships. Freeze was depicted in the book and motion picture The Blind Side, about one of his former players, offensive tackle Michael Oher. In ten years at Briarcrest, Freeze was 94–30 as head coach (.785 winning percentage) and 126–37 overall. He received Region 8-AA Coach of the Year honors five times and Associated Press Coach of the Year honors six times. Freeze ran the no-huddle spread offense and led his team to the state championship twice, in 20, and the regional championship each year from 1995 to 1998 and in 20. In 1992, Freeze joined the staff at Briarcrest Christian School in Memphis, Tennessee, as the football team's offensive coordinator and defensive backs coach. Coaching career Briarcrest Christian School He graduated from Southern Miss in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and a minor in coaching and sports administration. įreeze then attended the University of Southern Mississippi, where he tried out for the baseball team in the fall of 1990, hoping to make the roster for the spring of 1991. He became an NJCAA Academic All-American for the Rangers in the spring of 1990. įreeze graduated Senatobia High School in 1988, and then attended Northwest Mississippi Community College, where he lettered two years in junior college baseball. He resigned from Ole Miss after officials discovered that he had used a university cellphone to call escort services multiple times over the course of five years. 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 it from post-season play for two years. He subsequently served as the head football coach at Lambuth University from 2008 to 2009, Arkansas State University in 2011, and the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) from 2012 to 2016.
He is currently the head football coach at Liberty University.Ī successful high school football coach at Briarcrest Christian School in Memphis, Tennessee, Freeze coached Michael Oher and Greg Hardy. (born September 27, 1969) is an American football coach. The first read "If you have complaints about this result, send it to If not, please do not slander these young men or insult their family." It was a not-so-subtle reference to a tweet from Freeze in 2013 challenging allegations of NCAA violations during his time with the Rebels.1 Mid-South Conference West Division (2009)Ħ Tennessee HS 8-AA Regional (1995–1998, 2001, 2002)ĭanny Hugh Freeze Jr. The tweets took direct aim at Freeze for events that happened during his time with Ole Miss and Liberty. We will work to do better in the future." I have spoken with Ian McCaw to relay my sincere apology. "When I found out about them, they were immediately taken down. "These tweets were unfortunate and not who we are in Ole Miss athletics," said Ole Miss athletic director Keith Carter to ESPN. 16 Rebels pulled off the victory to move to 7-2, the team's social media team unloaded on the former head coach, who now holds the same job with the Flames. Ole Miss has apologized for a pair of now-deleted tweets following its 27-14 win against Liberty on Saturday, a game that marked the return of former coach Hugh Freeze to Oxford, Mississippi.
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