The college football coaching carousel is alive and well. Just one week after Brian Kelly was fired from LSU, it’s now the Auburn Tigers’ turn to make a coaching move. According to multiple reports, Auburn has officially parted ways with head coach Hugh Freeze. The firing comes after Auburn managed just three points Saturday against the Kentucky Wildcats, one of the SEC’s worst defensive teams, in a 10-3 loss. Freeze will finish his tenure at Auburn with a 15-19 (44.1 percent) record, much worse than his career winning percentage of 61.3 percent. His return to the SEC after seven seasons away ultimately did not turn out the way he or the university had hoped. Freeze’s expected buyout is set at $15.8 million, one of the largest across college football. According to ESPN’s Pete Thamel, that amount “is not subject to off-set and mitigation.” The amount of top-notch coaching talent fired this season will give Auburn plenty of options to go after to fill its head-coaching vacancy. Those names include Billy Napier
