Report: Liberty preparing big offer to keep Hugh Freeze in Lynchburg
The Liberty Flames went 7-5 in Hugh Freeze’s first year at the helm of the program, even while the former Ole Miss coach dealt with serious complications from a surgery.
Now, as Freeze receives a bit of buzz on the coaching carousel, it seems Liberty is willing to attempt to keep Freeze around.
Per CBS Sports reporter Barrett Sallee, Liberty is willing to make Freeze one of the highest-paid coaches at the Group of 5 level:
Source tells me that Liberty is prepared to offer Hugh Freeze an extension that will make him one of the highest-paid coaches in the Group of Five. Freeze led the Flames to a 7-5 record in his first season with the program.
— Barrett Sallee (@BarrettSallee) December 5, 2019
Per USA TODAY’s coaching salary database, USF’s Charlie Strong was the highest-paid G5 coach in 2019, making $5 million. Houston’s Dana Holgorsen was second, making $3.7 million.
Where would Liberty’s offer put Freeze? We’ll have to see if he ends up staying with the Flames.
Why would USF pay Strong that type of money? It’s not like there was serious competition for his services.
I might be wrong, but I’m pretty sure the first two years were offset by Texas. So I think the first two seasons USF didn’t pay him much (so he got his Texas money) and then his salary skyrocketed this year. Additonally, I think there was a ton of demand for him to be a coordinator at a big program.
But, yeah… seems a bit high either way.
We’ll take him.
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OPPS GO GET HIM
What by cheating again? That would be a very dumb move by OM to bring him back.
Sanctimonious hypocrite is right where he belongs.
They are going to give Freeze a $10,000 per month escort expense account?
Who says that cash is the only way to keep Hugh Freeze around?
How many burner phones does that include?
better than being thugsville and snitching yall pay leo lewis 10.000 GRAND AND GO TELL THE NCAA SNITCHES MSU
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