College Football Coach Accused Of Playing ‘Too Much’ Golf originally appeared on The Spun.
Is it possible to play too much golf over the course of the summer?
One college football head coach is apparently trying to find out. A major college football head coach has been accused by his fans of playing too much golf. Auburn head coach Hugh Freeze has been accused of playing a lot of golf.
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AL.com reported last month that Freeze has logged almost a dozen rounds of golf in the USGA system. That’s more than the other four SEC football coaches with public handicaps.
Freeze, though, is not apologizing for it. And he shouldn’t have to, really. Freeze certainly has the time to play a round of golf every now and then.
Golf course. (Photo by David Cannon/Getty Images)David Cannon/Getty Images
Freeze took to a podcast to defend his decision to play as much golf as he can.
“You know, everybody seems to like to talk about my golf game. … I do love golf. I enjoy playing. But what people don’t realize is, you know, I assure you that I never missed a camp day or a recruiting day,” Freeze said on David Pollack’s “See Ball Get Ball” podcast this week. “But if camp got over at three o’clock one day, and Jill [Freeze] and I go out at 4:30, we absolutely might do that. And I’m not apologizing for that part of it. But my focus is 100% on getting Auburn in that win column this fall.”
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Auburn’s recruiting class for 2026 has fallen off in the rankings, but it’s probably a stretch to blame that on Freeze’s golf game.
Freeze has said that he’s making sure Auburn is staying within the rules of the sport while out on the recruiting trail. He believes it’ll pay off in the long run.
“I think it’s a long game play for us that I think is gonna work out in our favor, because we’re doing it very transparent in the way we believe the settlement is written to operate, if that makes any sense,” Freeze said.
College Football Coach Accused Of Playing ‘Too Much’ Golf first appeared on The Spun on Jul 13, 2025
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This story was originally reported by The Spun on Jul 13, 2025, where it first appeared.