Jon Sumrall
Jon Sumrall went 48–14 as a head coach, 2022–2026, at Troy, Tulane and Florida. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (2026, 4–2); by them his record is 47–14. Share
- Record
- 48–14 career
- Seasons
- 5
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Jul 5, 1982
- Alma mater
- Kentucky 2005
- Best season
- 2025 11–3, No. 18
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Troy | 12–2 | T–1st | Cure Bowl W | 19 | |
| 2023 | Troy | 11–2 | 1st | Birmingham (not coached) | ||
| 2024 | Tulane | 9–5 | 2nd | Gasparilla Bowl L | ||
| 2025 | Tulane | 11–3 | T–1st | CFP First Round L | 18 | |
| 2026 | Florida | 5–2 (Wikipedia: 4–2) |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 13 | 5–8 | 38% |
| Against top-10 teams | 3 | 2–1 | 67% |
| Against rivals | 5 | 3–2 | 60% |
| Conference games | 37 | 31–6 | 84% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 3 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 20 | 17–3 | 85% |
| At home | 31 | 27–4 | 87% |
| On the road | 29 | 20–9 | 69% |
| At neutral sites | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 42 | 36–6 | 86% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 20 | 12–8 | 60% |
His own 62 games on file, 2022–2026, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Monken 2022–2025 | 3–1 | Army | 4 | |
| Michael Desormeaux 2022–2024 | 3–0 | Louisiana | 3 |
Jon Sumrall’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Armyseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Ole Missseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| South Alabamaseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Louisianaseries | 3 | 3–0 |
| Western Kentuckyseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Templeseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| North Texasseries | 2 | 2–0 |
| Texas Stateseries | 2 | 2–0 |
Also a player: Jon Sumrall’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005–06 | Kentucky | Graduate assistant | |
| 2007–09 | San Diego | Defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| 2010–11 | San Diego | Assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 2012–13 | Tulane | Co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach | |
| 2014 | Tulane | Co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 2015–17 | Troy | Assistant head coach and linebackers and special teams coach | |
| 2018 | Ole Miss | Linebackers coach | |
| 2019–20 | Kentucky | Inside linebackers coach | |
| 2021 | Kentucky | Co-defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach | |
| 2022–23 | Troy | Head coach | |
| 2024–25 | Tulane | Head coach | |
| 2026–present | Florida | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Rich BrooksKentucky
- Curtis JohnsonTulane
- Neal BrownTroy
- Matt LukeOle Miss
- Mark StoopsKentucky
Assistants who became head coaches
- Travis PearsonAlabama State
- Greg GasparatoTroy
- Will HallSouthern Miss, Tulane, West Alabama, West Georgia
- Brad WhiteFlorida
Worked under (5)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Brooks | Kentucky | 2005–06 | Graduate assistant | |
| Curtis Johnson | Tulane | 2012–14 | 2012–13: co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach; 2014: co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| Neal Brown | Troy | 2015–17 | Assistant head coach and linebackers and special teams coach | |
| Matt Luke | Ole Miss | 2018 | Linebackers coach | |
| Mark Stoops | Kentucky | 2019–21 | 2019–20: inside linebackers coach; 2021: co-defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (4)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Pearson | Troy, 2022–23: cornerbacks coach | Alabama State | |
| Greg Gasparato | Troy, 2023: defensive coordinator; Tulane, 2024–25: defensive coordinator and safeties coach; Florida, 2026: linebackers coach | Troy | |
| Will Hall | Tulane, 2025: passing game coordinator | Southern Miss, Tulane, West Alabama, West Georgia | |
| Brad White | Florida, 2026: defensive coordinator | Florida |
Other assistants under him (9)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Joe Craddock | Troy, 2022–23: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; Tulane, 2024–25: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; Florida, 2026: quarterbacks coach | |
| Shiel Wood | Troy, 2022: defensive coordinator and safeties coach | |
| Dan Roushar | Tulane, 2024: offensive line coach | |
| Evan McKissack | Tulane, 2024–25: co-offensive coordinator | |
| Tayler Polk | Tulane, 2024–25: co-defensive coordinator | |
| Brandon Harris | Florida, 2026: cornerbacks coach | |
| Buster Faulkner | Florida, 2026: offensive coordinator | |
| Roy Istvan | Florida, 2026: offensive analyst | |
| Steve Spurrier Jr. | Florida, 2026: offensive assistant |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
How he coached
Sumrall’s teams went for it on 26% of fourth downs and on 46% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 47% of plays and took 27.6 seconds a play, 2022–2026.
| Season | School | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 14 g | Troy | 27 of 102 26% | 47% | 51% | 27.9 | −0.02 | |
| 2023 14 g | Troy | 29 of 105 28% | 49% | 52% | 26.9 | +0.06 | |
| 2024 14 g | Tulane | 23 of 83 28% | 43% | 39% | 29.5 | +0.15 | |
| 2025 14 g | Tulane | 23 of 101 23% | 42% | 48% | 26.6 | +0.09 | |
| 2026 7 g | Florida | 13 of 46 28% | 53% | 45% | 27.0 | +0.20 | |
| All 63 g | 115 of 437 26% | 46% | 47% | 27.6 | +0.09 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.