Hugh Freeze, Liberty Head Football Coach

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5 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Episode 266

Hugh Freeze was introduced as the ninth head coach in the history of the Liberty Flames' football program on Dec. 7, 2018. Prior to coming to Liberty, Freeze's collegiate head coaching stops have included Lambuth University (2008-09), Arkansas State (2011) and Ole Miss (2012-16) where he posted a combined 69-32 mark in eight seasons.

In 2017, he resigned from his position at Ole Miss amid an NCAA investigation and evidence of personal misconduct.

Prior to taking over as head coach at Lambuth, Freeze served on the Ole Miss staff from 2005-07, including the final two seasons as an assistant coach.

Before going to Ole Miss, Freeze served 13 years at Briarcrest Christian School (Memphis, Tenn.) as a classroom teacher, coach and administrator. He was the Saints' head football coach from 1995 to 2004, running the no-huddle "spread system" for six years that led to six straight state championship games.

Freeze compiled a 99-23 record while at Briarcrest, which included an undefeated season in 1996 and led the school to state championship titles in 2002 and 2004. Briarcrest won regional titles in 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001 and 2002, and Freeze was named the Region 8-AA Coach of the Year five times and Associated Press Coach of the Year four times.

In 2014, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) awarded Freeze the Grant Teaff Coach of the Year award. Freeze has been heavily involved with FCA during his entire coaching career and has been featured in the FCA Magazine and spoke at FCA functions.

On March 30, Coach Freeze will be a part of GameDay 2019, a groundbreaking event coming to churches to meet men at the intersection of faith and sports. Creating an atmosphere much like a locker room with coaches laying out the big game plan, GameDay engages men in a discussion about how to become the spiritual leader of their families. Its real guys discussing real issues and how to become a better follower of Christ, husband, father, friend and worker. You can sign up for GameDay 2019 by clicking here.

On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Coach Freeze about his new role with Liberty and how God has worked in and through his life since the new opportunity came forth.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation.
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1:18.4	there. Check it out. You can order today at sportspectrum.com. Today of the podcast, we welcome
1:26.2	back Hugh Fries, a longtime football coach, former Ole Miss coach and Arkansas State head coach, and now the head coach at Liberty.
1:36.5	Name the head coach December 7th, 2018.
1:39.3	He's their ninth coach in the history of the Liberty Flames football program.
1:44.0	And he's been a part of many successful teams winning a lot of games and doing a lot of good things on the field with regards to the football teams he has coached. He left Ole Miss with a bit of a sour taste. He resigned from his position amid an NCAA investigation and evidence of personal misconduct.
2:02.1	And we've had Coach Freeze on the podcast now a couple times, and you can go back and listen
2:05.7	to those.
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