Tulane Selects Troy’s Jon Sumrall As The Next Green Wave Coach – News18

NEW ORLEANS: Tulane has determined to fill its teaching emptiness with Troy’s Jon Sumrall, who like his predecessor has posted consecutive seasons with greater than 10 wins.

Sumrall is changing Willie Fritz, who left Tulane after eight seasons on Sunday to take over at Houston.

The 41-yr-previous Sumrall has gone 23-4 at Troy the previous two seasons, successful again-to-again Sun Belt Conference championships. Now he’ll take over a program that additionally received 23 video games and one American Athletic Conference title throughout the previous two seasons.

Sumrall reportedly had been a candidate for the Duke job that went to Penn State defensive coordinator Manny Diaz.

Sumrall, who performed linebacker at Kentucky, additionally was seen as a possible candidate there if Mike Stoops had gotten the Texas A&M job that wound up going to Duke’s Mike Elko.

Sumrall oversaw a dramatic turnaround at Troy, which had three straight dropping seasons earlier than his hiring in December 2021.

His mission at Tulane will probably be to increase what has been the Green Wave’s finest two-yr stretch in practically a century.

Tulane went 12-2 in 2022, successful the American Athletic Conference championship and its Cotton Bowl matchup with Southern California. This season, Tulane (11-2) hosted the AAC title recreation for a second straight yr, however misplaced to SMU, 26-14.

Now ranked twenty third within the AP Top 25, Tulane is getting ready for a Dec. 27 matchup with Virginia Tech within the Military Bowl in Annapolis, Maryland.

Troy defeated Appalachian State 49-23 within the Sun Belt title recreation and has accepted a bid to play Duke on Dec. 23 within the Birmingham Bowl.

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