Hugh Freeze
Followed Bryan Harsin. Hugh Freeze held Auburn at Power Program II for 3 seasons.
In his own words
Awaiting signal — no quotes collected from this staff yet this cycle.
Career arc
His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.
Reached Power Program in his 5th career season — faster than 30% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #251 of 395 by seasons-to-arrival).
Style position and drift
Where each stint’s offense sat between run-first and pass-first, and how far it moved from one season to the next. The band is that stint’s real season-to-season range, not a fixed-width box.
Season-to-season pass-rate range for all 258 FBS coaching stints with at least three covered seasons, 2014–2025.
The big-game ledger
How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.
9–9 against his rivals. Just 1–3 against Bret Bielema.
His own effect, isolated
A statistical estimate of this coach’s contribution to team performance, separated from that season’s roster talent, returning production, and his coordinators — pooled across his whole head-coaching career.
Model fit as of 2026-09-04.
Coaching career
10th-best Auburn tenure of 16 by the numbers.
Performs about as expected for his recruiting talent on offense and outperforms his recruiting talent on defense.
Followed Bryan Harsin (2021–2022).
| Season | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||
| Record | 6–7 | 5–7 | 1–2 | |
| Postseason | L bowl | — | — | |
| Recruiting rank | #18 | #10 | #8 | |
| Style — pass rate | ||||
| Pass rate | 38.2 | 47.9 | 44.4 | |
| Coordinators | ||||
| OC | Philip Montgomery | Derrick Nix | Derrick Nix | |
| DC | Ron Roberts | Charles Kelly / D. J. Durkin | D. J. Durkin | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | ||||
| Offense | 36 | 63 | 56 | |
| Defense | 69 | 82 | 86 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | ||||
| 1st-down pass% | 35.9 | 47.5 | 43.7 | |
| Red-zone pass% | 34.8 | 44.0 | 37.3 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | 32.3 | 25.9 | 38.6 | |
A portal-built roster.
Brings in bigger-than-position-typical players than most.
Recruits older, more experienced transfers than most.
18 NFL Draft picks: Derick Hall (2023), Tank Bigsby (2023), Colby Wooden (2023), Owen Pappoe (2023), Anders Carlson (2023), Nehemiah Pritchett (2024), Jaylin Simpson (2024), D.J. James (2024) + 10 more
2nd-best Liberty tenure of 4 by the numbers.
Outperforms his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.
Followed Turner Gill (2018–2018) · succeeded by Jamey Chadwell (2023–2026).
| Season | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||
| Record | 8–5 | 10–1 | 8–5 | 8–4 | |
| Postseason | W bowl | W bowl | W bowl | L bowl | |
| Recruiting rank | #130 | #95 | #110 | #97 | |
| Style — pass rate | |||||
| Pass rate | 51.0 | 38.8 | 42.9 | 44.5 | |
| Coordinators | |||||
| OC | Kent Austin / Maurice Harris | Kent Austin / Maurice Harris | Kent Austin / Maurice Harris | Kent Austin / Maurice Harris | |
| DC | Scott Symons | Scott Symons | Josh Aldridge / Scott Symons / Jack Curtis | Josh Aldridge / Jack Curtis | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | |||||
| Offense | 83 | 93 | 60 | 39 | |
| Defense | 43 | 51 | 68 | 74 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | |||||
| 1st-down pass% | 49.4 | 39.9 | 45.7 | 45.1 | |
| Red-zone pass% | 49.0 | 34.6 | 29.8 | 24.0 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | 16.0 | 32.4 | 52.9 | 29.8 | |
A typical amount of portal roster-building.
Brings in smaller-than-position-typical players than most.
Recruits older, more experienced transfers than most.
3 NFL Draft picks: Antonio Gandy-Golden (2020), Malik Willis (2022), Demario Douglas (2023)
6th-best Ole Miss tenure of 17 by the numbers.
Performs about as expected for his recruiting talent, on both sides of the ball.
Followed Houston Nutt (2008–2011) · succeeded by Matt Luke (2017–2019).
| Season | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | ||||||
| Record | 7–6 | 8–5 | 9–4 | 10–3 | 5–7 | |
| Postseason | — | — | L bowl | W bowl | — | |
| Recruiting rank | — | — | #15 | #17 | #5 | |
| Style — pass rate | ||||||
| Pass rate | — | — | 47.3 | 51.4 | 53.4 | |
| Coordinators | ||||||
| OC | — | — | Matt Luke / Dan Werner | Matt Luke / Dan Werner | Matt Luke / Dan Werner | |
| DC | — | — | Dave Wommack / Jason Jones | Dave Wommack / Jason Jones | Dave Wommack / Jason Jones | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | ||||||
| Offense | — | — | 27 | 93 | 46 | |
| Defense | — | — | 96 | 86 | 12 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | ||||||
| 1st-down pass% | — | — | 41.3 | 50.9 | 48.5 | |
| Red-zone pass% | — | — | 50.7 | 40.0 | 44.3 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | — | — | 26.7 | 23.7 | 23.1 | |
12 NFL Draft picks: Bobby Massie (2012), Donte Moncrief (2014), Senquez Golson (2015), Laremy Tunsil (2016), Laquon Treadwell (2016), Robert Nkemdiche (2016), Fahn Cooper (2016), Cody Core (2016) + 4 more
8th-best Arkansas State tenure of 12 by the numbers.
Followed Steve Roberts (2002–2010) · succeeded by Gus Malzahn (2012–2012).
2 NFL Draft picks: Derek Newton (2011), Demario Davis (2012)