"Coach Hugh Freeze, whose 15-19 record in his two-plus seasons at Auburn was capped by a listless home loss to Kentucky on Saturday, has been fired, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel on Sunday. Freeze will be owed approximately $15 million in buyout money. Defensive coordinator D.J. Durkin is expected to serve in an interim role, a source told ESPN."
"Much of the SEC offseason spotlight focused on Freeze, 56, only heightening the need for a strong start for the Tigers. In his time at Auburn, he had a 6-16 mark in the SEC, and his tenure was marked by excruciating home losses to New Mexico State, Cal, Vanderbilt, Mississippi State and Oklahoma."
""I think it's as settled as we've been as a program, the continuity of our staff, the pieces of our staff that we've added and what we've been able to do in building our roster in high school recruiting and in the portal," Freeze told ESPN in April. "Now, we've got to go compete and win some more games, but I don't feel any sense of panic. We're on our way to getting where we want to be and where we should be.""
Hugh Freeze was fired by Auburn after compiling a 15-19 record over two-plus seasons. The program will owe Freeze approximately $15 million in buyout money. Defensive coordinator D.J. Durkin is expected to serve as interim head coach. Freeze went 6-16 in SEC play and oversaw painful home losses to New Mexico State, Cal, Vanderbilt, Mississippi State and Oklahoma. Freeze received a prostate cancer diagnosis earlier this year but delivered consecutive top-10 recruiting classes and added transfers including quarterback Jackson Arnold and wide receiver Eric Singleton Jr. Auburn started 3-0 nonconference, including a 38-24 win over Baylor, then lost its first four SEC games, including a late collapse against Missouri.
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