(1969-09-27) September 27, 1969 (age 54) Oxford, Mississippi, U.S.
Playing career
Baseball
1989–1990
Northwest Mississippi CC
Fall 1990
Southern Miss
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1992–1994
Briarcrest HS (TN) (OC/DB)
1995–2004
Briarcrest HS (TN)
2006–2007
Ole Miss (TE/RC)
2008–2009
Lambuth
2010
Arkansas State (OC)
2011
Arkansas State
2012–2016
Ole Miss
2019–2022
Liberty
2023–present
Auburn
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2005
Ole Miss (assistant AD)
Head coaching record
Overall
80–54[a]
Bowls
5–3[b]
Tournaments
1–2 (NAIA playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 Sun Belt (2011) 2 MSC West Division (2008–2009) 2 Tennessee HS 8-AA (2002, 2004) 6 Tennessee HS 8-AA Regional (1995–1998, 2001, 2002)
Awards
AFCA Southeast Region COY (2009) Mid-South Conference COY (2009) 4× AP HS COY 5× Region 8-AA COY
Danny Hugh Freeze Jr.[2] (born September 27, 1969) is an American football coach who is the head coach at Auburn University.[3] A successful high school football coach at Briarcrest Christian School in Memphis, Tennessee, Freeze coached Michael Oher and Greg Hardy. He subsequently was the head football coach at Lambuth University from 2008 to 2009, Arkansas State University in 2011, the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) from 2012 to 2016, and Liberty University from 2018 to 2022.
Under Freeze, the Ole Miss football program committed various recruiting and academic violations that figured in the NCAA's decision to expunge 27 of Freeze's wins and ban the team from post-season play for two years.[4] After university officials attempted to paint Freeze's predecessor as the main culprit, they were sued for defamation and they subsequently issued a public apology.[5] The team's star quarterback and other players told NCAA officials that Freeze lied to them about the charges while he recruited them.[6] Freeze resigned from Ole Miss in 2016 after officials discovered that he had used a university cellphone to call escort services at least a dozen times over 33 months.[7][8]
^ ab"Ole Miss football forced to vacate 33 wins after investigation". WREG.com. February 12, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
^"Nicholls coaching search nets 42 applicants". Houma Today. December 24, 2009. Archived from the original on December 15, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
^"Auburn hires Freeze, 'the best fit,' as next coach". ESPN.com. November 28, 2022. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
^Axson, Scooby (February 12, 2019). "Ole Miss to vacate 33 FB wins after violations". SI.com. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
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^"Review shows 12 Freeze calls to escort numbers". ESPN.com. August 22, 2017. Retrieved December 8, 2022.
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Danny HughFreeze Jr. (born September 27, 1969) is an American football coach who is the head coach at Auburn University. A successful high school football...
season. Seventeen months after resigning from Ole Miss Rebels football, HughFreeze was named as Liberty's ninth head coach on December 7, 2018. For the...
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at 2–2 as interim head coach, was retained as an assistant by HughFreeze when Freeze was named the permanent head coach on November 28. Williams resigned...
for Auburn after just one season. Because Malzahn and his predecessor HughFreeze left after just one season in Jonesboro, Harsin's contract at Arkansas...
FBS football season. The Tigers will be led by second-year head coach HughFreeze, and compete as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They will...
School, HughFreeze's legacy is everywhere". The Commercial Appeal. Retrieved May 29, 2018. Cacciola, Scott (October 21, 2014). "HughFreeze, Coach at...
lawsuit is over, but not before it brought down HughFreeze". SB Nation. Retrieved January 23, 2024. "HughFreeze Abruptly Resigns as Ole Miss Football Coach"...
Retrieved 20 May 2023. Heim, Mark (9 May 2023). "Charles Barkley nominates HughFreeze, Paul Finebaum, Bruce Pearl for ALS fist bump challenge". al. Retrieved...
and thought Oher might enroll as well. The school's football coach, HughFreeze, submitted Oher's school application to the headmaster, who agreed to...
Retrieved April 19, 2023. Staples, Andy (June 12, 2021). "Liberty, HughFreeze and Malik Willis have a chance to make a point, but they know it won't...
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Miller, of having accepted improper benefits from sports agents. Coach HughFreeze decided to bench Tunsil for the season-opener against Tennessee–Martin...
coaches, since it began play during the 1892 season. On November 29, 2022, HughFreeze was named head coach of the Tigers. The team has played more than 1,200...
Vaught, Billy Brewer, Tommy Tuberville, David Cutcliffe, Houston Nutt, HughFreeze, and Kiffin. Vaught won six conference championships as a member of the...
considerable national attention. In 2011, led by first-year head coach HughFreeze, Arkansas State went undefeated in the Sun Belt conference, a perfect...
ban for the 2017 season. In another controversy, Ole Miss head coach HughFreeze resigned in July 2017 after it was reported that he made several calls...
close relationship with the head coach of the Ole Miss football team, HughFreeze. In November 2012, Denzel Nkemdiche told reporters that Robert personally...
Neighbors Dave Van Horn Courtney Deifel Jason Watson Auburn John Cohen HughFreeze Bruce Pearl Johnnie Harris Butch Thompson Mickey Dean Brent Crouch Florida...
coach HughFreeze made call to number tied to escort service". USA Today. Retrieved 2018-08-25. Potter, David (2017-07-20). "Ole Miss coach HughFreeze resigns:...
2014, Kelly committed to the University of Mississippi under head coach HughFreeze. In his first year at Ole Miss, Kelly was named the starting quarterback...
season, due to alleged NCAA violations. On July 20, 2017, head coach HughFreeze resigned in the wake of allegations about repeated calls to a female...
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