Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze has coached gay players before during his 20-year career. Though Freeze declined to name the two players he coached before arriving on Mississippi's campus because of privacy, he said there is no exact protocol for how to handle a situation like the one that arose with Michael Sam. But since the Missouri All-American defensive end publicly said he was an ''openly, proud gay man,'' college athletic directors and coaches have been forced to review protocols on their campuses. ''It does cause you to go back and evaluate,'' said Troy AD John Hartwell.
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