I took so many visits to Penn State while he was there. I've trained with him. I've watched him work with players. He's more than a coach for me. He's my guy. That relationship right there is a huge part of why we got interested in Florida.
"God gave us more time with my dad than we thought we would get," Sumrall said in a message posted on social media. "Dad was a fighter. I learned so much from him ... being a man of faith, grit, hard work, attitude, service and more."
Florida is finalizing a six-year deal to hire Tulane's Jon Sumrall the next head coach of the Gators, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel on Sunday. The deal is for an average of nearly $7.5 million per year, with significant incentives tied to the College Football Playoff, sources told ESPN. Sumrall, who is 42-11 in four seasons as a head coach -- two in the Sun Belt at Troy and two in the American at Tulane.