While at Bessemer Academy, Coach Freeman also served as the head baseball coach. He also coached softball, powerlifting, girls and boys basketball. His seven year record in baseball was 116-70, with two Final 4 appearances.
His softball teams made Final 4 appearances from 2003-05, and his powerlifting teams were 3 time State Champs. His girls basketball team made the playoffs from 2006-08, and his boys basketball team was state champion in 2008 and made the play-offs seven seasons.
He stepped down at Bessemer Academy following the 2007 football season and served as the quarterbacks coach at Minor in 2008. In 2009, Freeman accepted the head coaching position at Gulf Shores High School.
He went 13-9 during two seasons at Gulf Shores and led the Dolphins to the second round of the playoffs in 2009.
In 2011, he became the head football coach at Spanish Fort High School. The Toros defeated McAdory to claim their second state championship in three years with a 14-1 record. His 2013 team finished 15-0 and won another Class 5A state championship with a win over Muscle Shoals in the title game.
Freeman resigned from Spanish Fort to accept the head coaching job at Thompson high school near Birmingham. His four teams at Spanish Fort finished a combined 50-7.
He has built a powerhouse at Thompson winning four state championships in a row. |