After much speculation about the vacancy, Auburn hired Hugh Freeze to be the school’s next football coach earlier this week. Though opinions on the hire are rather mixed, Charles Barkley made clear that he still plans to support whoever the coach of the Tigers is.
That being said, the former NBA star and Auburn alum admitted he was hoping to see a different person earn the job: Jackson State coach Deion Sanders.
“I will always support who’s coaching at Auburn,” Barkley told AL.com on Thursday. “I made no secret about it.