Trying to find the winning ways for the Auburn was not the only battle Hugh Freeze was fighting. It was February when the former HC revealed he was diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer in February 2025. At the time, he did not opt for immediate surgery since the cancer was deemed low-aggressive. Now, a month after his firing, the 56-year-old delivered a major health update that surprised many.

“Well, I’m not through coaching, I don’t believe that for one minute,” Freeze said emphatically in an exclusive interview with David Pollack on the “See Ball Get Ball” podcast. “I’ve got this little back surgery I had. I’ve been needing that for about a year. And it’s gotten extremely painful. And I don’t know how many really knew it. But my doctor knew it. But he had to give me a lot of

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