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Coach Hugh Freeze Response to Notice of Allegations Case No. 00561 Coach Hugh Freeze Response to Notice of Allegations Case No. 00561 W.G. Watkins Courtney Hunt Forman Watkins & Krutz LLP 200 South Lamar Street, Suite 100 Jackson, MS 39201 Counsel to Coach Hugh Freeze TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................... 1 I. The Head Coach Responsibility Standard ............................................................................................................ 7 II. Procedural History ...................................................................................................................................................... 13 III. The Hugh Freeze Compliance Program .............................................................................................................. 16 Compliance Efforts Quantified ............................................................................................................................... 17 Promoting an Atmosphere of Compliance ........................................................................................................ 18 1. Process with his Staff ............................................................................................................................. 18 2. Process with Student‐Athletes ........................................................................................................... 24 3. Process with Alumni and Boosters ................................................................................................... 24 4. Examples of Coach Freeze’s Promotion of an Atmosphere of Compliance ...................... 25 Monitoring ...................................................................................................................................................................... 27 1. Staffing and Collaboration .................................................................................................................... 27 2. Monitoring Systems to Actively Seek Red Flags .......................................................................... 28 3. Elite Athletes .............................................................................................................................................. 29 4. Special Efforts to Detect Issues .......................................................................................................... 29 5. Issues Detected and Addressed ......................................................................................................... 30 Documenting Compliance ........................................................................................................................................ 34 IV. Response to Allegations ............................................................................................................................................ 35 Response to Allegation No. 6. ................................................................................................................................. 36 Response to Allegation No. 12. ............................................................................................................................... 38 1. First Interview ............................................................................................................................ 40 2. ’ Second Interview ....................................................................................................................... 40 General Response to Allegation No. 20. .............................................................................................................. 45 Response to Allegation No. 20(a) .......................................................................................................................... 45 Response to Allegation No. 20(b) ......................................................................................................................... 47 Response to Allegation No. 20(c) .......................................................................................................................... 47 Response to Allegation No. 20(d) ......................................................................................................................... 48 Response to Allegation No. 20(e) .......................................................................................................................... 51 ii 1. Coach Freeze Promoted An Atmosphere of Compliance and Monitored His Staff On This Particular Issue ............................................................................................................................... 51 2. The Factual Allegations Are Unsubstantiated .............................................................................. 53 Response to Allegation No. 20(f) ........................................................................................................................... 57 Response to Allegation No. 20(g) .......................................................................................................................... 58 Response to Allegation No. 20(h) ......................................................................................................................... 59 Response to Allegation No. 20(i) ........................................................................................................................... 60 1. As in Wichita State, Coach Freeze Reasonably Relied on a Trusted and Competent Assistant and Appropriately Monitored Farrar. ......................................................................... 61 2. There Were No Significant Red Flags in Recruitment. ............................................... 72 Response to Aggravating and Mitigating Factors ........................................................................................... 75 Appendix ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 iii Introduction Hugh Freeze has steadfastly promoted an atmosphere of compliance within his program and monitored his staff consistent with the responsibilities placed on him as a head coach under Bylaw 11.1.1.1. The allegations before this Committee are inconsistent with Coach Freeze’s character and his clearly articulated expectations for members of his staff. These allegations do not arise because of a failure by Coach Freeze to properly educate and monitor his staff, but, if true, reflect particular staff members’ deceit or carelessness. These choices have irreparably damaged Coach Freeze’s reputation and put him and his program at risk for penalties that could have a lifetime effect. As will be developed more fully in this response, Coach Freeze was not asleep at the wheel. Rather, from the moment he became aware of the enactment of Bylaw 11.1.1.1., Coach Freeze accepted the responsibility imposed under it to create an atmosphere of compliance and to implement and continuously improve upon a system that would recognize “red flags” and act appropriately on them. As the multitude of witness interviews, compliance documents, and available information unanimously reveal, Coach Freeze has built a robust and ever changing compliance program that is second to none in his profession. His program has been developed over a 12‐year career through constant communication with his university leaders, athletic directors, his compliance officers, and his staff. Coach Freeze recognizes that compliance is a responsibility shared with the compliance department and the university administration. Working with them, he provides rules education tailored to the football calendar, his staff’s activity, and any new compliance issues that arise. He has personally developed written questions for monitoring elite athlete recruitment and routinely asks pointed questions to his coaching staff, the compliance staff, his players, prospects and their families. Coach Freeze routinely interacts with the University’s administration and offers an open invitation to Compliance into all parts of his program, instructing his staff to communicate directly with them. As Coach Freeze said in his December 2016 interview, “I say it a thousand times to our 1 guys, you win the right way. If there is ever a moment that anything you . are about to do would raise a question to anyone, you stop and call compliance.” For Coach Freeze, following the rules and running his program “the right way” is fundamental to his identity and he has done it at every stop of his college football career. When he returned to the University as head coach in 2012, it was his character that convinced the University that Coach Freeze was the right man for the job. Coach Freeze’s integrity has continued to define his program. The best evidence of who Coach Freeze is and what he has done to demonstrate his commitment to rules compliance, is the testimony of the people who know him best, those who have worked with him day‐in and day‐out, through wins and losses. These voices harmoniously describe Coach Freeze’s commitment to promoting an environment in which compliance—doing things the right way—takes precedence, and underscores his belief in fairness and honesty. 2 2005–2007 I came to know Hugh Freeze, firs t as a football administrator in 2005, David Wells and later as an assistant football coach in 2006 and 2007.
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