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Hugh Freeze to Auburn: AU’s buyout payment to Liberty revealed, per report
By Andrew Olson
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Hugh Freeze will be bought out of his Liberty contract to be named the new head coach at Auburn.
According to Ross Dellenger of Sports Illustrated, Auburn will be paying $3 million to Liberty as part of the contract buyout.
Auburn will owe Liberty around $3 million in buyout for hiring away Hugh Freeze, source tells @SInow
— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) November 28, 2022
Freeze, 53, returns to the SEC after 4 seasons at Liberty. The Flames posted a 34-15 record in 4 seasons with Freeze as head coach.
In 2019, Freeze’s first season, Liberty went 8-5 with a win in the Cure Bowl. The 2020 Liberty squad went 10-1, the best season of Freeze’s tenure, with another Cure Bowl victory that gave the Flames a No. 17 finish in the final AP Top 25 poll.
Last year’s Liberty squad went 8-5 and won the LendingTree Bowl. The 2022 Flames team is again bowl-eligible with an 8-4 record after completing regular-season play.
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