Jon_Sumrall
Jon Sumrall
American football player and coach (born 1982)
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 2023 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 | 0–0 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1982-07-05) July 5, 1982 (age 41) 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 | 23–4 |
| 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) | |
Sumrall 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]
| 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 | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Tulane: | 0–0 | 0–0 | |||||||
| Total: | 23–4 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
- "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.