Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze reached out Tuesday to support a coaching colleague who is fighting a worsening battle with cancer.
Freeze paid tribute to former Carson-Newman coach Ken Sparks on Twitter on Tuesday morning in response to a story on Knoxville-area television station WBIR about Sparks’ health problems.
One of the greatest men and coach I have ever known. He truly gets it. Honored to call him friend. https://t.co/mkTbJRMVvn
— Hugh Freeze (@CoachHughFreeze) January 24, 2017
Sparks, 72, retired as coach at Carson-Newman in November; he had started at the school in 1980.