’Tis the season of churn in the college football coaching ranks. Houston Nutt is on the way out at Ole Miss, Larry Porter is shaky at Memphis, and Hugh Freeze is probably getting itchy at Arkansas State.
Nutt has not won a game in the Southeastern Conference in two seasons. After Saturday’ collapse against UAB, Porter’s record is 3-19 in his two seasons.
You may not have heard of Freeze. He doesn’t fit into the standard football coaching myths. His team is 8-2 this year, including a 47-3 win over Memphis. Freeze’s salary from all sources is $210,000, good money in Jonesboro but chump change in the world of big-time college football. Arkansas State’s $2.7 million football budget ranks 119th out of 120 schools in the Division 1 Football Bowl Subdivision.
