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Head coach firings hits a new record in 2025 college football season

Another Sunday in the college football season and one more name gets added to the list of fired coaches. Auburn's Hugh Freeze is the latest to be dismissed. His tenure on The Plains ends after three years with a $15.8 million buyout .

Freeze is the 11th FBS coach fired, which is an in-season record. Massive buyouts for fired coaches are exposing the financial fragility behind college football’s billion-dollar spectacle. The overall total is now up to $183.5 million for an average of $16.6 million per coach.

In recent weeks, universities have dismissed high-profile coaches—including LSU's Brian Kelly and Penn State's James Franklin— leaving athletic departments on the hook for tens of millions

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