Jon Sumrall to Coach Florida, 7.5M Deal

Jon Sumrall, a Huntsville native and former Grissom High School standout, is set to become the new head football coach at the University of Florida. The deal, reported by ESPN and On Three, is a six-year contract worth nearly seven and a half million dollars annually, with substantial incentives tied to the College Football Playoff. Sumralls coaching record is impressive, with back-to-back Sun Belt titles at Troy and Sun Belt Coach of the Year honors. He is also deeply rooted in the Huntsville community, having been inducted into the Huntsville-Madison County Hall of Fame. DNN | The Daily News Now! The world’s first global local news network. Every city. Every story. AI powered. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.