Tulane extends contract of head coach Jon Sumrall

NCAA Football: Tulane at OklahomaSep 14, 2024; Norman, Oklahoma, USA; Tulane Inexperienced Wave head coach Jon Sumrall reacts in the course of the first half towards the Oklahoma Sooners at Gaylord Household-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Necessary Credit score: Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Photos

Tulane head coach Jon Sumrall has reached an settlement with the college on a contract extension after main the Inexperienced Wave to the convention championship sport in his first season.

Sumrall had been linked to a number of Energy 4 teaching openings however knowledgeable Tulane on Sunday night time of his resolution to remain put.

“After working with him and his employees for the previous yr, I am satisfied that Jon is the suitable chief on the proper time for our soccer program,” Tulane athletic director David Harris mentioned in an announcement Monday. “He brings an unimaginable mixture of management, passing, aggressive spirit and look after our student-athletes to the job every day.”

The Inexperienced Wave are 9-4 heading into their Gasparilla Bowl look towards Florida on Dec. 20. They misplaced to Military, 35-14, within the American Athletic Championship sport on Friday.

Tulane employed Sumrall nearly precisely one yr in the past after he guided Troy to a 23-4 file in his two seasons as head coach. Sumrall was the Solar Belt Coach of the 12 months in 2022 and received his second straight convention championship with Troy in 2023.

Sumrall was a linebacker at Kentucky from 2002-04 earlier than working as an assistant coach at San Diego, Tulane, Troy, Ole Miss and his alma mater. He was Kentucky’s co-defensive coordinator in 2021 earlier than taking the job at Troy.

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