Kevin Sumlin is going to be getting a check worth more than $10 million in a few days to not coach at Texas A&M, so no one should feel too sorry for the new Arizona coach.

However, he did have a tough final season in College Station, and it wore on him a lot, especially once he officially lost his job.

At his introductory press conference on Tuesday, Sumlin said it was tough to get fired by the Aggies and revealed that he thought about taking a year off before he ended up landing the Arizona job (via FootballScoop.com):

“Everything that went on at my last place, it was tough,” Sumlin said Tuesday. “It was tough on me, it was tough on family, tough on a lot of different things. Really that first week or so I really thought about (taking a year off). That first week, it was really tough. I was really tired. Then I took some time, left the country for a little bit. Went as far south as I could go without crossing the equator. I actually went four days without somebody saying, ‘Hey, Coach.’ That was really good for me.”

Sumlin inherits an Arizona program that has a star quarterback in Khalil Tate, so it’ll be interesting to see what he can do with him.

The Wildcats have moved on from coach Rich Rodriguez, who was fired amid a number of concerning allegations, and the Arizona program is all Sumlin’s now.