HOOVER, Alabama - Armed with Bible verses, the former girls high school basketball coach at Briarcrest Christian was ready to play choir boy.
Yes, that’s Hugh Freeze, football coach at Ole Miss. Hugh Freeze, made famous outside of football for role in shaping Michael Oher’s football career in the film The Blind Side. Hugh Freeze, the man who once applied to be head coach at Rogers High School, but was (inexplicably) turned down. Hugh Freeze, salesman.
Freeze extolled the virtues of his program, saying the Ole Miss athletic department is working hand-in-hand with the NCAA in investigating any potential wrongdoings in recruiting and potential payment violations.