Photo by Phil Ellsworth / ESPN Images(OXFORD, Miss.) — Ole Miss head football coach Hugh Freeze resigned the position on Thursday night, effective immediately.
ANNOUNCEMENT | Hugh Freeze has resigned effective immediately. Matt Luke interim head coach. Press conference live at 7:30 PM CT on ESPNews.
— Ole Miss Football (@OleMissFB) July 20, 2017
No reason was immediately given for the resignation, but a press conference was slated for 7:30 p.m. CT.
The school did announce that Matt Luke would be named interim head coach.
Earlier Thursday, Yahoo! Sports reported on a phone call made from Freeze’s school-issued phone to a female escort service. That call was raised to the school’s attention by former Ole Miss football coach Houston Nutt, during a lawsuit.
Ole Miss has been under NCAA investigation over possible recruiting violations. The school had stood firmly behind Freeze in that matter.
Freeze went 39-25 in five years at Ole Miss.
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