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Houston Nutt, Hugh Freeze at opposite pay ends for Ole Miss

USA Today

December 4, 2011

Among schools in the NCAA's Bowl Subdivision whose coaches completed the season, Mississippi set the standard for cost inefficiency by paying nearly $1.4 million for each of the two wins recorded by the now-fired Houston Nutt. Monday, the school hired the FBS' lowest-paid and most cost-effective coach: Hugh Freeze, whose 10 wins, including an 8-0 record in Sun Belt Conference play, cost Arkansas State guaranteed pay of just more than $20,000 apiece.

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