Mike Sherman fired from A&M

[Dutchrudder]

Can't speak for the administration, but I would hope they have more patience with the next coach.

Well lemme throw this out there since it's related. Kirby Smart has been the D coordinator at Alabama since 2007. He's 35, a graduate from the University of Georgia and he currently makes $750,000. A&M was paying Sherman 1.8 million a year (2.2 with the extension). I think A&M could pry him away for 2 million a year, unless he's holding out for the Georgia or Bama HC job. He's been at Bama working closely with Nick Saban for 4 years now, and I can only imagine he wants to be a HC somewhere. This could be a great opportunity for him to resurrect a program trending downward. He's the kind of mind we need to enter the SEC, someone who's been there for a while and knows the teams in the conference. If we got him, I'd be willing to give him at least 4 years to recruit and turn around this program.

 

[Stemp]

So a guy I know and trust who has delivered on the scoop correctly numerous times said it's almost done and Sumlin in the hire. Fedora goes to UNC.

 

[FirstTexansFan]

So a guy I know and trust who has delivered on the scoop correctly numerous times said it's almost done and Sumlin in the hire. Fedora goes to UNC.

Well if he's the choice... I do hope his defense is better than it looked in the C-USA game.

 

[Stemp]

Well if he's the choice... I do hope his defense is better than it looked in the C-USA game.

Hoping he keeps the A&M D staff mostly intact.

 

[Dutchrudder]

Here's a good twitter feed talking about the A&M job mostly:

https://twitter.com/ipanic2

Couple tweets:

It's over. You got your coach. Feel like I got kicked in the junk. I'm out.

^(reference to Sumlin)

Kevin Sumlin - 2 4 stars signed during his time at UH. Larry Fedora - 8 4 stars and 1 5 star. Who is the recruiter, again?

 

[Playoffs]

There's a joke going around for open coaching vacancies for under-performing teams...


Sandusky named *insert school name* Head Coach

"I'll have them boys turned around in no time," he said.

 

[Dutchrudder]

Edit: Nvm, looks like Sumlin is the guy.


Booooooooooooooooooooooooo.

December 7, 2011

Mark Passwaters and Jeff Tarpley

Talk about it in Northgate
A little less than a week after Mike Sherman was fired, it appears Texas A&M has found its next head coach.


Associated Press
Kevin Sumlin has won the derby to replace Mike Sherman.
Sources close to both the Texas A&M and University of Houston programs have told AggieYell.com that, barring a snag in financial negotiations, Houston coach Kevin Sumlin will be the next head coach of the Aggies.

An agreement is expected to be finalized by the end of the week.

Sumlin, 47, was named Conference USA Coach of the Year on Wednesday after leading the Cougars to a 12-1 record (No. 19 in the BCS standings) in 2011. The only loss of the season was a 49-28 drubbing at the hands of the University of Southern Mississippi in the C-USA title game, which catapulted Larry Fedora into the A&M coaching discussion as well.

According to the Associated Press, Fedora accepted the head job at the University of North Carolina Wednesday.

During his four seasons at Houston, Sumlin has compiled a 35-17 record and a 1-1 bowl mark. The Cougars will face Penn State in the TicketCity Bowl on Jan. 2, 2012, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.

Sumlin has a past history with A&M, serving as an assistant under former coach R.C. Slocum in 2001 and 2002. Sumlin took over as the Aggies' offensive coordinator four games into the 2002 season and held the position for the remainder of the year, until Slocum and his staff were fired after a 6-6 season.

Sumlin spent four years as an assistant at the University of Minnesota before spending the 1997-2000 seasons at Purdue - his alma mater - as the wide receivers coach.

After leaving College Station, Sumlin served as the special teams, tight ends and wide receivers coach, as well as co-offensive coordinator, at the University of Oklahoma from 2003-2007.

At Houston, Sumlin's offenses have racked up record totals in a pass-heavy spread scheme. The Cougars are currently ranked first in the nation in total offense, averaging 599 yards a game. Houston also leads the nation in passing offense (443.77 yards per game), but ranks 62 in rushing offense at 155 yards per game.

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