Why was Hugh Freeze in the hospital?

Hugh Freeze is an American football coach who plies his trade as the head football coach of the college football team at Liberty University. Hugh Freeze formerly served as the athletic director of the Ole Miss Rebels of the University of Mississippi.

Why was Hugh Freeze in the hospital?

Hugh Freeze was in the hospital to treat an infection that has been labelled as a career-threatening one.

Hugh Freeze has been a regular visitor to the hospital this year and this is due to a surgery that he underwent. Hugh Freeze was battling a potentially fatal staph infection that made him undergo surgery and an operation to make him fit for his coaching job.

At the hospital, Hugh Freeze did not leave his coaching job just like that but held a series of virtual meetings with his team while on his sick bed prior to their games.