A few weeks after Auburn athletics director John Cohen compared Hugh Freeze's job to an unreliable car that he wasn't sure would start, the inevitable happened -- the Tigers fired Freeze .

Ironically, Freeze's Auburn tenure actually ended as a slow-moving accident.

Punt after punt after punt defined the Tigers' 10-3 home loss to Kentucky , the first time in 28 years the Tigers allowed 10 or fewer points and lost a game. The defeat dropped Freeze to 15-19 overall on The Plains. He ended his tenure 1-11 against ranked teams despite a top-13 roster in the sport, per the 247Sports Team Talent Composite.

Unlike big-name coaches James Franklin and Brian Kelly who were fired earlier in the 2025 coaching carousel, there was no real argument to be made in favor of keeping Freeze. His r

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