Normally it’s a player dealing with a health issue ahead of the start of a season, but, in this case, it’s the head football coach whose status is uncertain.
Liberty announced Tuesday that Hugh Freeze has been dealing with severe back spasms and has been unable to participate in practices since Sunday. The school wrote in a release that “Freeze is currently undergoing medical treatment to relieve the spasms.”
A timeline for a return to the sidelines has not yet been determined, and won’t be until the spasms subside.
Keep Coach in your prayers as he receives medical treatment for back spasms. #TougherTogether pic.twitter.com/nlzdE3hMT5
— Liberty Football (@LibertyFootball) August 14, 2019
Hired by the Flames in December of last year, Freeze is set to enter his first season as the head coach at the football independent. Freeze had been out of coaching for two full seasons following his unceremonious ouster as the head coach at Ole Miss in July of 2017.
Freeze is set to open his first season at Liberty at home against No. 22 Syracuse Aug. 31.