Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze abruptly resigns, investigated for calling escort service on school phone

[SecularMotion]

Source: MassLive

In five seasons at Ole Miss, head coach Hugh Freeze has brought a new level of success for a football program that's been stuck behind powerhouses like Alabama and LSU. He also brought a string of scandals, particularly when it came to alleged violations for landing top-ranked recruits.

Ultimately, it looks like it's a scandal that did him in. Tuesday night, the school announced that Freeze has resigned as football coach. The news came as a shock, with the school later citing a "pattern of personal misconduct."

Co-offensive coordinator Matt Luke has been named interim head coach for the Rebels.

According to the Associated Press, an "outside Freedom of Information" request led to the revelation that Freeze had used his school-issued cell phone to call an escort service.

Read more: http://www.masslive.com/sports/2017/07/ole_miss_coach_hugh_freeze_abr.html

[dalton99a]

1. Same guy who regularly promotes religion on his Twitter page

http://www.oxfordeagle.com/2017/04/07/group-complains-to-ole-miss-about-hugh-freeze-religious-tweets/

A national foundation that seeks to separate church and state has complained to Ole Miss that head football coach Hugh Freeze and an assistant football coach are wrongly using Twitter to promote religious beliefs.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) sent a letter this week to Ole Miss Chancellor Jeff Vitter questioning what it calls “overly religious social media postings of football coaches at the University of Mississippi.”

“A concerned citizen reported to FFRF that University of Mississippi head football coach Hugh Freeze regularly promotes religion on his Twitter page,” the foundation attorney wrote in a letter sent to Chancellor Vitter.

“Recently, Freeze has tweeted statements such as ‘Lead us by your truth and teach us 2day, for you are the God who saves us! All day long I put my hope in you. Ps 25:5 – be a blessing 2day’ and ‘Here’s the best news ever, your eternal standing with God doesn’t depend on your goodness, but on God’s unshakable faithfulness’ via his twitter handle @CoachHughFreeze.

[exboyfil]

4. He has a right to his personal belief

and to express it outside the confines of his position. The important point is that is an official Ole Miss Twitter account.

I don't understand why he didn't set up a personal account.

[DK504]

7. Because arrogance and stupidity are a bad mix.

[Skittles]

13. he loves him some religion and hookers

sounds like a typical republican to me

[gilligan]

12. And

He still can't get laid.

[Sgent]

14. I don't think the hooker's were for him

but for recruits.

Full disclosure, I'm an olemiss grad.

[alwaysinflux]

2. Did y'all watch 45's inauguration?

It was the most overtly religious display I'd seen in a long time. That needs to stop if we are truly a nation that separates church and state. We're sending mixed messages.

[Grins]

5. Have you also noted....

That the Orange-headed Red Menace hasn't been anywhere near a church since then?

Much like Reagan.

(A state visit to the Vatican doesn't count.)

[MattP]

3. Was he getting the escorts for him or his recruits?

They are still paying his contract when he violated a clause has to be for some reason

[videohead5]

6. Coach Freeze

Has to resign for just making a call to a immoral escort service and we still have a pu$$ygrabber in the white house.

[Cryptoad]

8. At least they didn't catch him down at the pig breeding barn.......

[MineralMan]

9. Ah, Football Wins Again!

What is it about college football programs that generates this kind of crap? Just cancel the entire damned thing!

[brooklynite]

10. I believe this fall under "jobs for Americans"?

[LudwigPastorius]

11. I don't get why they let him resign.

He should have been fired, and the school should have issued a press release saying he was fired for "being a dumbass".

[Midwestern Democrat]

18. Well, they did announce they would have fired him under the "morals clause" of his contract if he

hadn't resigned, so they're not exactly trying to help him save face - either way, the outcome was the same: they don't have to pay him one cent of the millions of dollars remaining on his contract.

[pepperbear]

15. It's called a cellular phone for a reason. Maybe he should look into it.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

16. School business, school phone.

It's probably all about recruiting and retaining football talent.

[Blue_Tires]

17. There's the SEC I know and love...