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Few coaches around the nation — let alone in the SEC — face as much pressure as Auburn’s Hugh Freeze entering the 2025 season. Freeze was brought in to revive a stagnant program by injecting it with new talent and bringing back its winning ways.
Entering year three, he’s achieved half of those crucial objectives. Auburn has recruited well under Freeze, but those efforts haven’t materialized on the field yet. Freeze is just 11-14 with the Tigers, and his win total dropped from six in 2023 to five in 2024.
Freeze understands that that’s not the direction his team needs to be going, especially at a place like Auburn, which has been quick to pull the plug on lackluster coaching tenures in the past. He’s not shying from the immense expectations in Auburn; in fact, he’s setting the bar pretty high.
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“I truly believe that in the playoff run, we’re going to be in this discussion because I love this team,” Freeze said Tuesday during Day 2 of SEC Media Days in Atlanta. “We’ve got to stay healthy and we need the ball to bounce our way a couple times this year instead of against us I’m sure, but that’s our full expectation. We embrace the fact that Auburn should be in those talks year in and year out.”
Freeze is supremely confident in his roster. His talent…
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Author : Will Backus
Publish date : 2025-07-15 21:12:00
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