Liberty University has reached a lucrative new deal with football coach Hugh Freeze.<\/p>\n
Liberty, as a private institution, doesn’t release the financial details of coaches’ contracts. But in ranking among the five highest-paid coaches in the non-Power 5 ranks, that would place Freeze’s average salary at $3 million-plus per year.<\/p>\n
This is Freeze’s second season at Liberty, which has won nine straight games dating back to last season, most recently a 38-35 victory on the road against Virginia Tech on Saturday.<\/p>\n
“That was without question the biggest win in the history of our school,” said McCaw, who added that the two sides had been working on an extension for several weeks.<\/p>\n
The Flames (7-0) are ranked No. 22 in the latest Associated Press poll in just their second full season at the FBS level after being a provisional program in 2018. They own two wins over ACC opponents after defeating Syracuse 38-21 on the road earlier in the year and face a third ACC foe on Nov. 21 when they travel to NC State.<\/p>\n
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