Five candidates to replace Hugh Freeze as Auburn’s head coach

Auburn fired head coach Hugh Freeze on Sunday, who posted a 15–19 overall mark in his three seasons with the Southeastern Conference school. A little later on Sunday, Tigers athletics director John Cohen officially announced the news of Freeze being let go. Freeze’s buyout is $15.44 million, according to USA Today, and Auburn’s decision to part ways with him is another step toward 2025 potentially being a record year for buyouts amid a frenetic coaching carousel. Fisher won a national championship as the head coach at Florida State. He also has deep ties to the SEC. He served as Auburn’s quarterbacks coach in the 1990s, and Fisher was also the head coach at Texas A&M from 2018-23. The Nittany Lions fired Franklin in October, although he did lead Penn State to the College Football Playoff semifinal round a season ago. Franklin has been rumored as a potential front-runner for the opening at Virginia Tech, but Auburn leaders will gauge his interest in the Tigers’ job. Franklin, before guiding Penn State, waRead More