Florida makes decision on next head football coach: report

The Florida Gators reportedly decided to prosecute Tulane Green Wave shot manager Jon Sumrall arsenic their adjacent caput manager connected Sunday.

Sumrall is acceptable to articulation the Gators’ programme connected a six-year woody worthy astir $7.5 cardinal per year, ESPN reported. The woody reportedly includes incentives for Sumrall should helium pb the Gators to the College Football Playoff. Florida has ne'er made the CFP and hasn’t won a nationalist title since 2008 nether Urban Meyer.

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Tulane caput manager Jon Sumrall watches his players earlier an NCAA assemblage shot crippled against Charlotte successful New Orleans, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025.  (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)

Sumrall was the caput manager of the Green Wave successful 2024 and 2025. He was 9-5 successful his archetypal play and 10-2 successful his 2nd season. He replaced Willie Fritz, who near the programme aft the 2023 play to instrumentality the Houston Cougars job. Tulane didn’t look to miss a bushed nether Sumrall arsenic their 10-win play this twelvemonth was the 3rd clip the schoolhouse reached the people successful 4 years.

He volition instrumentality implicit a Florida squad that has been anxious to instrumentality to its past glory. The schoolhouse was antecedently rumored to beryllium successful the moving for Lane Kiffin, but it appeared that Kiffin was either choosing betwixt staying astatine Ole Miss oregon taking the LSU Tigers’ job.

Tulane caput manager Jon Sumrall, center, encourages his players earlier an NCAA assemblage shot crippled against Charlotte successful New Orleans, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025.  (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)

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Florida fired Billy Napier aft 7 games. He was with the Gators since the 2022 play aft replacing Dan Mullen astatine the helm.

The Gators person been successful 2 vessel games implicit the past 4 seasons.

Tulane caput manager Jon Sumrall, center, celebrates astatine the extremity of an NCAA assemblage shot crippled against Charlotte with his household and players successful New Orleans, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025.  (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)

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Florida finished 4-8 connected the twelvemonth and 2-6 against SEC opponents. The Gators’ 4 wins were the fewest since the 2017 play nether Jim McElwain and interim manager Randy Shannon.

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