Jon Sumrall (born July 5, 1982) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach at Tulane University, a position he had held since the 2024 season. Sumrall served as the head football coach at Troy University from 2022 to 2023.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Tulane |
| Conference | AAC |
| Record | 7–2 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | July 5, 1982 Huntsville, Alabama, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 2002–2004 | Kentucky |
| Position(s) | Linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2005–2006 | Kentucky (GA) |
| 2007–2009 | San Diego (DL/RC) |
| 2010–2011 | San Diego (AHC/DC/LB) |
| 2012–2013 | Tulane (co-DC/DL) |
| 2014 | Tulane (co-DC/LB) |
| 2015–2017 | Troy (AHC/LB/ST) |
| 2018 | Ole Miss (LB) |
| 2019–2020 | Kentucky (ILB) |
| 2021 | Kentucky (co-DC/ILB) |
| 2022–2023 | Troy |
| 2024–present | Tulane |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 30–6 |
| Bowls | 1–0 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 Sun Belt (2022, 2023) 2 Sun Belt West Division (2022, 2023) | |
| Awards | |
| Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2022) Huntsville-Madison County Athletic Hall of Fame (2023) | |
Coaching career
editSumrall began his coaching career at his alma mater, Kentucky, after suffering a career-ending injury.[1] After a couple of years, he coached at San Diego under former Kentucky assistant Ron Caragher.[2] He was also the co-defensive coordinator at Tulane for three seasons before going to Troy as their assistant head coach and special teams coordinator.[3]
Sumrall was named the linebackers coach at Ole Miss in January 2018.[4] He was also reported to be a finalist for the head coaching position at Troy before Chip Lindsey was hired.[5]
Sumrall returned to his alma mater Kentucky in 2019 as the program's inside linebackers coach.[6] He was promoted to co-defensive coordinator in 2021.
On December 2, 2021, Sumrall was hired as the 23rd head coach of the Troy Trojans.[7] In his first season at Troy, he guided the Trojans to a 12–2 record and an 18–12 Cure Bowl victory over the #23 ranked UTSA Roadrunners. In Sumrall's second season as the head coach he would guide Troy to a 11–2 record and back to back Sun Belt Conference Championships.
On December 8, 2023, Sumrall was hired as the 42nd head coach of the Tulane Green Wave.[8]
Head coaching record
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Trojans (Sun Belt Conference) (2022–2023) | |||||||||
| 2022 | Troy | 12–2 | 7–1 | T–1st (West) | W Cure | 20 | 19 | ||
| 2023 | Troy | 11–2 | 7–1 | 1st (West) | Birmingham* | ||||
| Troy: | 23–4 | 14–2 | *Left for Tulane prior to bowl game | ||||||
| Tulane Green Wave (American Athletic Conference) (2024–present) | |||||||||
| 2024 | Tulane | 7–2 | 5–0 | ||||||
| Tulane: | 7–2 | 5–0 | |||||||
| Total: | 30–6 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ "A career-ending injury helped pave path for Jon Sumrall to return to Kentucky as a coach". Courier Journal. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ "Coaching Candidate Profile: Jon Sumrall". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ "Troy Football Names Jon Sumrall Assistant Head Coach". Troy University Athletics. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ "Ole Miss hires LB coach Jon Sumrall away from Troy". Saturday Down South. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ "Sources: Kansas OC Chip Lindsey expected to be named Troy's head coach". ESPN. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ "Wildcat homecoming: Kentucky to hire Ole Miss assistant Jon Sumrall". Saturday Down South. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ "Troy hires Jon Sumrall as head football coach" AL.com. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
- ^ "Sumrall Named Head Coach for Tulane Football" tulanegreenwave.com. Retrieved December 8, 2023.