Wives of Hugh Freeze, Dan Mullen share personal experiences
By Jason Hall
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Jill Freeze and Megan Mullen shared their personal experiences as wives of college football coaches with the Clarion-Ledger Friday.
Freeze, who is married to Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze, revealed their early struggles when her husband was a coach at Lambuth in Jackson, Tennessee. She said their family stayed in a rental unit ironically referred to as “the palace,” which forced their three daughters to sleep on cots because the space was too small for full-size beds.
Freeze also revealed that the family ate every meal on paper plates and used plastic utensils, which led to Coach Freeze breaking his fork in a steak. She also discussed the harsh criticism her husband receives, including a Twitter user saying he wished the coach would die in a car crash.
“It makes it hard,” Jill said. “I signed up for it. I knew I was marrying a coach. They were born into it.”
Mullen told the newspaper that there were enough funny moments to write a book about. She also claimed that laughter is a tool of survival for the spouses of college coaches.
The former sports broadcaster understood the nature of her husband’s pack-and-go career. However, she admitted to underselling just how stressful coaching was.
“Before I met Dan, the craziest profession I thought existed was TV,” said Megan Mullen. “The only job that I can say is more dysfunctional is absolutely 100 percent the coaching world.”
You can read the entire feature on the Clarion Ledger here.
Jason covers SEC football for Saturday Down South.
