Following an embarrassing 10-3 loss to Kentucky on Saturday night in Jordan-Hare, Auburn has fired Hugh Freeze as its head football coach.
Freeze finished 15-19 during his tenure, including 6-16 in SEC play.
The news took over Twitter/X, as some fans wanted to celebrate the firing, while others were a bit befuddled.
Auburn firing Hugh Freeze means it'll pay an 8-figure buyout to a coach for the 3rd time in 5 years, which is just not something that non-college football fans could/should ever understand.
— Connor O'Gara (@cjogara) November 2, 2025
Can somebody photoshop FSU’s OC in Auburn attire? Just wanna see something
— Drunk Aubie (@DrunkAubie) November 2, 2025
— Cole Cubelic (@colecubelic) November 2, 2025
It’s a great day 😌
— Chandler Wooten (@ItsMeWootang) November 2, 2025
Wild stat: This will be the seventh straight Iron Bowl with a unique head coaching matchup
— Blake Byler (@blakebyler45) November 2, 2025
2019: Saban vs Malzahn
2020: Sarkisian vs Malzahn
2021: Saban vs Harsin
2022: Saban vs Cadillac
2023: Saban vs Freeze
2024: DeBoer vs Freeze
2025: DeBoer vs Durkin https://t.co/VkdaCSgDuC
#Auburn players have been filing into the Woltosz Football Performance Center for about 15 minutes now.
— Adam Cole (@colereporter) November 2, 2025
AD John Cohen got here around 12:20. pic.twitter.com/y5TcjiQrnR
Hugh Freeze the person is a good person and I’ll never wish anything bad upon him or his family. Wishing him the best moving forward. @CoachHughFreeze
— AUstrong (@LoveisAuburn) November 2, 2025
Hugh Freeze walks off the field at Jordan-Hare Stadium for the what would be his final time as head coach of the Auburn Tigers. pic.twitter.com/60V3Rtfj2a
— Auburn Tigers | AL.com (@aldotcomTigers) November 2, 2025
Hugh Freeze is out?
— Dave Van de Walle (@Area224) November 2, 2025
Oh, Auburn...
I wonder if Hugh Freeze has thought about the family that saved all freakin' year long to watch his team lose 10-3 to Kentucky last night.
— Jon Tweets Sports (@jontweetssports) November 2, 2025
He owed them something. pic.twitter.com/Pr5Rw8HmZE
RISK IT ALL! pic.twitter.com/apHtzwHz84
— TorresOnAuburn (@TorresOnAuburn) November 2, 2025
The first image that pops up when you Google Hugh Freeze is incredible content. pic.twitter.com/TZxic1R019
— Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) November 2, 2025
Yayyyyy Hugh Freeze got fired pic.twitter.com/44VTJiWtbS
— James (@Jamesjimmyjimm) November 2, 2025
🚨BREAKING: Hugh Freeze will make over 26 THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY from Auburn this year to not coach the team.
— MLFootball (@MLFootball) November 2, 2025
Per second: $0.50
Per minute: $30.10
Per hour: $1,806
Per day: $43,288
Per week: $304,615
Per month: $1,316,667
Freeze could get hired elsewhere and double his money. pic.twitter.com/qjGfORTmh0
I wish Hugh Freeze had fared better at Auburn.
— TheTigah (@TheTigah) November 2, 2025
His buyout is $15.4 million -- or 75% of the remaining value of his six-year contract paid in equal monthly installments through 2029.
He will be paid regardless of his employment status.
Hugh Freeze finishes with the second-most losses (19) for any Auburn coach who spent three seasons with the program. Only Earl Brown (22) had more.
— Nathan King (@NathanKing247) November 2, 2025