Hugh Freeze is back! The former Ole Miss coach reportedly hired by Liberty
Hugh Freeze is back in college football, according to a report by coaching website FootballScoop. However, it’s not in the SEC.
Freeze is set to be named the head coach at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. The former Ole Miss head coach had options to become the offensive coordinator at Tennessee or Auburn. Florida State was also reportedly interested in Freeze, too, in the same capacity. Nick Saban and Alabama may have looked Freeze’s direction with outgoing offensive coordinator Mike Locksley, but this never publicly developed.
Former Liberty head coach Turner Gil retired, and now, Freeze steps into a perfect situation at Liberty. The Flames are FBS independent and the stadium only seats 25,000 fans. Freeze and his wife made their first public appearance at Liberty following the fiasco at Ole Miss, and Freeze has a chance to build a program at an up-and-coming university.
In October, Freeze was named the offensive coordinator for the AAC’s Arizona Hotshots, but obviously, he wanted to return to college football.
Interestingly, Freeze seemed to confirm the report Friday morning via Twitter:
The taste of dirt teaches us to savor the taste of sugar. So thankful for all the many encouraging and faithful friends who have been there in the tough times. Moving forward to finish well. Thank you Lord.
— Hugh Freeze (@CoachHughFreeze) December 7, 2018
Thank you brother
— Hugh Freeze (@CoachHughFreeze) December 7, 2018
(Saturday Down South will have more on this developing story)
Wow! Still playing the God card! We know your not a holy man Hugh Freeze!
So you’re saying religious people can’t make mistakes? Freeze is not the first Christian to sin and won’t be the last. You expect the man to stop being a Christian just because he messed up? There are more sinners in church on Sunday than in the bar room on Saturday.
There’s gonna be one more sinner in the Lynchburg cathouses too.
Amen! Preach it brother! WE have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God!
This man is an adulterer. Payed players and lied out his teeth. He’d still be doing it if he hadn’t got caught. He’s only sorry cause he got caught. You can’t see through his BS cause you’re blinded by the light
Everybody deserves a second chance…even the self-righteous social media posters. Best wishes and make the most of it!
Come on, this guy dug his own grave when he tried convincing the world that Houston Nutt was to blame for the problems on his watch. Houston dropped a whammy and exposed his pattern of getting scratch on the side after going into homes and bs’ing parents. That’s what you’re defending here; a guy that attempted to hang the innocent out to dry to deflect attention from the dirt pile of the hole he dug. I wouldn’t let him drive a dog sled team, much less place him back in the forefront of mentoring young men.
Amen. Cap’n. No way I’d let him get close to my son.
I’m not defending or JUDGING anyone. I’m pretty sure that’s above my pay grade AND yours. Hope you realize that sin is sin. With God there is no difference. John 3:16 still applies to us all.
One of my all time favorite gospel songs sums it up ” We fall down, but we get up. For a saint is just a sinner who fell down”. It’s time to move on.
Leath and the BOT whiffed again. SMH
Fav song “Just as I am” also quck reminder to old mess. Last 3 games vs Rebs. Mizzou 3 Jerks 0.
“Up and coming university” lmao
Liberty? It’s an old Christian college. There is no up and coming there.
Freeze probably took the job so he wouldn’t have to come out of retirement. Easy coaching and no one there really cares if they lose.