Tulane works with Troy’s Sumrall as brand-new head coach

NEW ORLEANS– Tulane has chosen to fill its coaching job with Troy’s Jon Sumrall, who like his predecessor has actually posted consecutive seasons with more than 10 wins.Sources tell ESPN’s Pete Thamel that Tulane has provided Sumrall a six-year deal.Sumrall is replacing Willie Fritz, who left Tulane after eight seasons Sunday to take over at Houston.Editor’s Picks 2 Related The 41-year-old Sumrall has actually gone 23-4 at Troy in the past two seasons, winning back-to-back Sun

Belt Conference championships. He’ll take control of a program that likewise won 23 games– in addition to an American Athletic Conference title– in the previous two seasons.Sumrall supposedly had been a candidate for the Duke task that went to Penn State defensive organizer Manny Diaz.Sumrall, who played linebacker at Kentucky,

also 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 supervised

a significant turn-around at Troy, which had three straight losing seasons before his employing in December 2021. His objective at Tulane will be to extend what has been the Green Wave’s best two-year stretch in almost a century.Tulane went 12-2 in 2022, winning its Cotton Bowl matchup with Southern California in addition to the

AAC champion. This season, Tulane(11-2)hosted the AAC title game for a second straight year however lost to SMU 26-14. Ranked 23rd in the AP Top 25, Tulane is getting ready for a Dec. 27 match with Virginia Tech in the Military Bowl in Annapolis, Maryland.Troy defeated Appalachian State 49-23 in the Sun Belt title game and has accepted a bid to play Duke on

Dec. 23 in the Birmingham Bowl.Information from the Associated Press was utilized in this report.