WATCH: Hugh Freeze responds to question about whether he thinks the SEC blackballed him or not
The 2018 season is now two weeks old, and former Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze still doesn’t have a job.
As Ole Miss finishes out its postseason ban stemming from Freeze’s tenure, it seems to be only a matter of time before he finds his way back into the coaching ranks.
On Monday, he was asked if he thinks the SEC is blackballing him, and as you can see in the video below, he didn’t particularly want to give away his feelings on that subject:
Interesting question to Hugh Freeze from @WallyLikeItIs . Has SEC commissioner Greg Sankey blackballed the former Ole Miss Coach ? pic.twitter.com/iYWUrlaKKN
— Steve Sullivan (@sully7777) September 10, 2018
“I think that, this past year, there were several schools that showed great interest in me,” he said. “And for whatever reason, they all ended the same way. I think that’s a question that’s better asked of people that had discussions in regard to my employment. It’s probably unfair for me to speculate on that.
“I think the climate in America this past year probably affects a lot of administrators’ decision-making and they don’t really take the time to hear what our story is. They probably come quick to make some kind of judgment — maybe that happened and maybe it didn’t.”
Alabama notably had interest in Freeze this offseason, but it didn’t pan out. Whether he ends up back in the SEC or somewhere else for his next job remains to be seen.