Former Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze is more than just one of the victims of an elaborate revenge fantasy on the part of Houston Nutt’s lawyer.
He’s also part of a growing trend in the SEC, in which coaches just don’t seem to have the same staying power that they used to.
Entering the 2017 season, across the 65 schools of the four power conferences and Notre Dame, the average head coach is 49.8 years old. He has been a collegiate head coach for 8.42 years, has been head coach at a Power-5 conference school for 6.