New York Times article on Hugh Freeze's time as a girl's basketball coach

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In the early years, when the team lacked depth, Freeze would often swap his lineup every two minutes — five players in, five players out — so he could apply a relentless full-court press. Although the wholesale substitutions might have looked strange, they wore other teams out. By creating chaos on defense, Briarcrest was able to produce better shots in transition — in some ways, the basketball equivalent of a no-huddle offense.

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Jada Mincy, a forward who was a key part of two state championship teams, said Freeze had a knack for getting his players to buy in. The role of pregame speaker rotated from player to player, although Freeze was not opposed to jumping in if he felt the energy was lacking. He had an endless supply of motivational material at the ready. “We would run through a wall for him,” said Mincy, who later played at Mississippi.

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