Hugh Freeze
Head Football Coach: Liberty University
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Hugh Freeze brings over 25 years of continued coaching success to Liberty University, including head coaching experience that has led to conference titles, nationally ranked recruiting classes and bowl appearances at multiple stops during his highly decorated career. Freeze was introduced as the ninth head coach in the history of the Flames' football program on Dec. 7, 2018, before a packed Club Pavilion level of the Carter Tower at Williams Stadium.
Prior to coming to Liberty Mountain, 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.
The native of Oxford, Miss., returned to his hometown school and lead it back to championship form during his five seasons as head coach at Ole Miss.
Freeze guided Ole Miss to bowl games each of his first four years with the Rebels, becoming the first coach in school history to accomplish the feat. The wins included victories in the BBVA Compass, Music City and Sugar Bowl games. Ole Miss was one of five programs in the country to make consecutive New Year's Six bowl appearances in the first two years of the College Football Playoff system, joining Alabama, Florida State, Michigan State and Ohio State.
Freeze's squad saw its win total increase during each of his first four years in Oxford, including the program's first 10-win season since 2003 in 2016. Ole Miss was ranked as high as No. 3 in the national polls in both 2014 and 2015 and finished top 10 in the country for the first time since 1969 after their 2016 Sugar Bowl win over Oklahoma State.
Ole Miss was a mainstay in the national polls during Freeze's tenure, including top 25 rankings for 45 weeks over his five-year coaching stay and a string of 27-straight weeks in the polls for the first time since 1957-62. Under Freeze's leadership, Ole Miss defeated Alabama in back-to-back seasons in 2014 and 2015, including a 23-27 win over No. 1 ranked Alabama at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on Oct. 4, 2014. The Rebels were 3-2 in the "Egg Bowl" rivalry against Mississippi State under Freeze. Their 48-20 Sugar Bowl triumph over Oklahoma State in 2016 to capture their 10th win two seasons ago featured the third-most points ever scored by a team in the Sugar Bowl's 82-year history. Freeze was named the American Football Coaches Association's Southeast Region Coach of the Year in 2009 after leading the Eagles to their best regular season in school history with an 11-0 record.
Born in Oxford and raised in Independence, Mississippi, Hugh, and his wife, Jill, are the parents of three daughters: Ragan, Jordan and Madison.
Prior to coming to Liberty Mountain, 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.
The native of Oxford, Miss., returned to his hometown school and lead it back to championship form during his five seasons as head coach at Ole Miss.
Freeze guided Ole Miss to bowl games each of his first four years with the Rebels, becoming the first coach in school history to accomplish the feat. The wins included victories in the BBVA Compass, Music City and Sugar Bowl games. Ole Miss was one of five programs in the country to make consecutive New Year's Six bowl appearances in the first two years of the College Football Playoff system, joining Alabama, Florida State, Michigan State and Ohio State.
Freeze's squad saw its win total increase during each of his first four years in Oxford, including the program's first 10-win season since 2003 in 2016. Ole Miss was ranked as high as No. 3 in the national polls in both 2014 and 2015 and finished top 10 in the country for the first time since 1969 after their 2016 Sugar Bowl win over Oklahoma State.
Ole Miss was a mainstay in the national polls during Freeze's tenure, including top 25 rankings for 45 weeks over his five-year coaching stay and a string of 27-straight weeks in the polls for the first time since 1957-62. Under Freeze's leadership, Ole Miss defeated Alabama in back-to-back seasons in 2014 and 2015, including a 23-27 win over No. 1 ranked Alabama at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on Oct. 4, 2014. The Rebels were 3-2 in the "Egg Bowl" rivalry against Mississippi State under Freeze. Their 48-20 Sugar Bowl triumph over Oklahoma State in 2016 to capture their 10th win two seasons ago featured the third-most points ever scored by a team in the Sugar Bowl's 82-year history. Freeze was named the American Football Coaches Association's Southeast Region Coach of the Year in 2009 after leading the Eagles to their best regular season in school history with an 11-0 record.
Born in Oxford and raised in Independence, Mississippi, Hugh, and his wife, Jill, are the parents of three daughters: Ragan, Jordan and Madison.
