Former Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze returns to SEC as Auburn head coach - WXXV News 25

This week starting retired a batch otherwise than past week erstwhile it was falsely reported the Lane Kiffin would beryllium leaving Ole Miss to go the adjacent caput manager astatine Auburn.

As it turns out, Kiffin signed a caller declaration to enactment successful Oxford worthy $9 cardinal per year. So, it’s the different candidate, Hugh Freeze, officially returning to the SEC.

Today, Freeze agreed to a woody to go the adjacent caput manager of the Tigers, according to an announcement by the school.

According to ESPN, his caller six-year declaration is worthy $6.5 cardinal annually, surely a measurement up from his little than $5 cardinal per twelvemonth woody astatine Liberty, wherever helium conscionable signed an eight-year hold successful October.

During his 4 seasons with the Flames, Freeze led them to an wide grounds of 34-15 with 3 vessel crippled victories.

That was his archetypal occupation pursuing an unceremonious departure from Ole Miss, wherever helium resigned anterior to the 2017 play aft assemblage officials discovered helium made a bid of calls to aggregate numbers associated with an escort service.

The Rebels were placed connected NCAA probation aboriginal that twelvemonth for violations that occurred successful portion nether Freeze and the sanctions included a two-year vessel ban.

Freeze replaces Bryan Harsin, who was fired connected Halloween.