Florida coaching search: UF reportedly set to meet with Tulane’s Jon Sumrall
By Andrew Olson
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Florida will reportedly meet with Jon Sumrall as the program searches for its new full-time head coach. The news comes via a report from On3’s Zach Abolverdi on Wednesday.
Sumrall, 43, is in his second season as Tulane’s head coach. He has frequently been mentioned as a potential candidate for Power 4 jobs as numerous high-profile positions have become part of this year’s coaching carousel.
This season, Sumrall’s Tulane squad has an 8-2 record entering Week 13. He’s 17-7 with the Green Wave, leading the program to a 9-5 record last season with an appearance in the AAC Championship Game and a Gasparilla Bowl berth against Florida.
Prior to Tulane, Sumrall was Troy’s head coach for 2 seasons, going 23-4 overall and 14-2 in conference play. The Trojans won the Sun Belt both seasons, and Sumrall was the conference’s Coach of the Year for 2022.
Sumrall has SEC roots as a former Kentucky linebacker from 2002-04. He then got into coaching in 2005, serving as a graduate assistant at his alma mater. Sumrall had assistant stops at San Diego, Tulane and Troy before returning to the SEC as Ole Miss’s linebackers coach in the 2018 season.
Kentucky added Sumrall to the staff as inside linebackers coach in 2019. He added co-defensive coordinator responsibilities for the 2021 season.
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