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Auburn football coach Hugh Freeze 2025 contract details, salary, buyout and more
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Auburn 's Hugh Freeze is the No. 36 highest-paid coach in college football, according to USA TODAY's 2025 compensation survey. The Tigers coach is set to earn a total of $6,728,100, not including bonuses, which ranks No. 14 in the Southeastern Conference.
Amounts for coaches at private schools or Pittsburgh are based the schools' most recently available financial records, which cover the 2023 calendar year and include all forms of pay from the school, including bonuses.
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Here's everything you need to know about Freeze's contract with Auburn in 2025.
View the entire 2025 college football coach salary database here
How much does Auburn pay Hugh Freeze in 2025?
Auburn is scheduled to pay Freeze $6,725,000 for the 2025 season. But that number could go up based on potential bonuses.
How much is Hugh Freeze's buyout at Auburn in 2025?
As of Dec. 1, 2025, if the school fires Freeze without cause, he would be set to receive $15,437,500, which ranks as the No. 35 most expensive buyout out of the 105 USA TODAY's could review and No. 13 in the Southeastern Conference.
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USA TODAY's available data does not include buyout figures for SEC member Vanderbilt.
All buyout figures are calculated using the same hypothetical date of a coach's separation with their school. Many of buyout clauses reviewed by USA TODAY are expressly subject to coach's duty to make good-faith efforts to find another job, with income from that employment offsetting the amount owed. If mitigation and offset are not addressed in contract, the coach may still have an obligation to make efforts in that regard. The amount listed may be owed to coach over an extended period of time, rather than as a lump sum at termination. Amount may not take into account per-day pro-rating for a partial contract year.
How much can Hugh Freeze earn in bonuses in 2025?
The most Freeze can earn in bonuses from Auburn for the 2025-26 season and school year is $3,300,000, which ranks as the T-6th greatest possible total out of the 111 that USA TODAY could review. Freeze's maximum bonus ranks tied for 2nd in the Southeastern Conference.
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USA TODAY's available data does not include bonus figures for SEC member Vanderbilt.
To see the methodology behind these data, click here .
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