If Auburn athletic director John Cohen is looking to nail his next head football coaching hire, he has only one person to keep in mind, according to ESPN's "SportsCenter" host Matt Barrie: Jon Sumrall.
“I think Sumrall’s a home run at Auburn,” Barrie said. “He’s from Alabama. He grew up in the state. He’s going to have to bring an offense with him. A defensive-minded head coach. A former linebacker at Kentucky. So, that’s just his side of the ball. They’re going to have to be something to keep the fans engaged.”
Sumrall, currently the head coach at Tulane, is one of the popular names that have popped up since Auburn fired Hugh Freeze last week.