Auburn Tigers football coach Hugh Freeze isn't going anywhere. Yet. Not on his own volition, anyway.
Rumors that Freeze is looking to step down from the program were deemed "completely false" and "dumb."
"The rumor going around that Hugh Freeze is even considering stepping down as Auburn’s head coach is completely false. It’s also dumb," Rivals' Brian Stultz tweeted.
Stultz is a personal friend of Freeze. The two formed a strong relationship on the golf course throughout the years.
About the golf course...
Rumors of Freeze looking to step down were born out of the 55-year-old Oxford, Mississippi native golfing 10 of the first 20 days of June as the program lost recruits left and right to flips.
"While Hugh Freeze is allowed to do whatever he wants in his free time, playing golf (10 out of the first 20 days of June) is a bad look with the way things are currently playing out. In the last 11 days, Auburn has lost 4-star linebacker JaMichael Garrett, 4-star linebacker Shadarius Toodle, and 4-star wide receiver Devin Carter while several other recruits have picked other schools," Saturday Blitz's Nicholas Rome wrote.
"Given that Hugh Freeze is currently on the hot seat after a terrible season, the thought was that he'd be all in on building an elite recruiting class. Hugh Freeze will now need to either rally on the recruiting trail or have a great season this year otherwise, his tenure in Auburn could end much sooner than expected. Freeze golfing isn't a problem but, the optics of playing golf this often right before a recruiting dead period is not a great look."
Freeze stepping down isn't likely. Getting fired midseason after a slow start a la Bryan Harsin in 2022, though?
The jury is out on that one as things currently stand.