| Kevin Sumlin | |
| File:Kevin Smith, Head Football Coach, Texas A&M Univerity.jpg Kevin Sumlin, Head Football Coach, Texas A&M University | |
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Head Football Coach |
| Team | Texas A&M |
| Conference | SEC |
| Record | 11–2 |
| Annual salary | $3.1 million[1] |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | August 3, 1964 Brewton, Alabama |
| Alma mater | Purdue University |
| Playing career | |
| 1983–1986 | Purdue |
| Position(s) | Linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1988–1990 1991–1992 1993–1996 1997 1998–2000 2001–2002 2003–2005 2006–2007 2008–2011 2012–present | Washington State (GA) Wyoming (WR) Minnesota (WR) Minnesota (QB) Purdue (WR) Texas A&M (OC/asst. HC) Oklahoma (ST/TE) Oklahoma (Co-OC/WR) Houston Texas A&M |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 46–19 |
| Bowls | 3–1 |
| Statistics College Football Data Warehouse | |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards C-USA Coach of the Year (2009, 2011) SEC Coach of the Year (2012) | |
Kevin Sumlin (born August 3, 1964) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at Texas A&M University, a position he accepted in December 2011.[2] Sumlin was the head football coach at the University of Houston from 2007 to 2011.[3]
Early life[]
Kevin Sumlin was born in Brewton, Alabama on August 3, 1964. He later attended Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School in Indianapolis, where he played football and basketball.
Coaching career[]
Sumlin served as an assistant with Washington State, Wyoming, Minnesota and Purdue; (with the common denominator of all these coaching stops, except for Minnesota, being Joe Tiller); served as assistant head coach at Texas A&M for two years under R.C. Slocum(in the second half of his last season at A&M he took over offensive coordinator duties from Dino Babers); and for five years at Oklahoma under Bob Stoops, serving the last 2 years as co-offensive coordinator . In addition to Stoops and Slocum, he has served as an assistant under Mike Price, Joe Tiller, and Dennis Erickson. In his final year with the Sooners, his offense was one of the best in the country, averaging 44 points per game.[4] In December 2009, it was announced that Sumlin was a finalist for the Paul "Bear" Bryant Award. In 2011, Sumlin coached Houston to a 12–0 start before losing the Conference USA Championship Game to the Southern Miss Golden Eagles.[5]
On December 10, 2011, Sumlin told his players that he was leaving Houston, effective immediately, in order to accept a job at another school.[6] KRIV in Houston and ESPN's Joe Schad both reported that Sumlin was to become the new coach at Texas A&M. Special teams coordinator Tony Levine coached Houston in the 2012 TicketCity Bowl.[2][7]
In 2012, behind Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel, Sumlin took Texas A&M, in their first year in the Southeastern Conference, to an 11-2 record, including victories over then #1 Alabama in Tuscaloosa, and #11 Oklahoma in the AT&T Cotton Bowl.
Head coaching record[]
Kevin Sumlin as Texas A&M Coach - October 2012 against LSU
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Cougars (Conference USA) (2008–2011) | |||||||||
| 2008 | Houston | 8–5 | 6–2 | 3rd (West) | W Armed Forces | ||||
| 2009 | Houston | 10–4 | 6–2 | 1st (West) | L Armed Forces | ||||
| 2010 | Houston | 5–7 | 4–4 | 3rd (West) | |||||
| 2011 | Houston | 12–1 | 8–0 | 1st (West) | * TicketCity | 14 | 18 | ||
| Houston: | 35–17 | 24–8 | |||||||
| Texas A&M Aggies (Southeastern Conference) (2012–present) | |||||||||
| 2012 | Texas A&M | 11–2 | 6–2 | T–2nd (West) | W Cotton | 5 | 5 | ||
| Texas A&M: | 11–2 | 6–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 46–19 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
*Sumlin left for Texas A&M after the regular season; Tony Levine coached the Cougars to a 30-14 win over Penn State in the TicketCity Bowl.
References[]
- ↑ "Report: Kevin Sumlin's Contract At Texas A&M Revealed". SB Nation. 2011-12-11. http://houston.sbnation.com/texas-a-m-aggies/2011/12/12/2630762/kevin-sumlins-contract-texas-atm-head-coach-houston. Retrieved 2012-04-24.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Berman, Mark. Kevin Sumlin is Leaving the University of Houston. KRIV, 2011-12-10.
- ↑ Schad, Joe (2007-12-13). "Source: Houston hires Sumlin, eighth minority coach in FBS". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3153106. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
- ↑ Mark Schlabach, Yellow Jackets, Wolverines, Midshipmen earn high marks, ESPN.com, December 17, 2007.
- ↑ http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=313370248
- ↑ Khan, Sam Jr. Sumlin leaves post as UH head coach. Houston Chronicle, 2011-12-10.
- ↑ Source: Kevin Sumlin to coach A&M. ESPN, 2011-12-10.
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