Kevin Sumlin - Coaching Career

Coaching Career

Sumlin served as an assistant with Washington State, Wyoming, Minnesota and Purdue; (with the common denominator of all these coaching stops, except for Minnesota, being Joe Tiller); served as assistant head coach at Texas A&M for two years under R.C. Slocum(in the second half of his last season at A&M he took over offensive coordinator duties from Dino Babers); and for five years at Oklahoma under Bob Stoops, serving the last 2 years as co-offensive coordinator . In addition to Stoops and Slocum, he has served as an assistant under Mike Price, Joe Tiller, and Dennis Erickson. In his final year with the Sooners, his offense was one of the best in the country, averaging 44 points per game. In December 2009, it was announced that Sumlin was a finalist for the Paul "Bear" Bryant Award. In 2011, Sumlin coached Houston to a 12–0 start before losing the Conference USA Championship Game to the Southern Miss Golden Eagles.

On December 10, 2011, Sumlin told his players that he was leaving Houston, effective immediately, in order to accept a job at another school. KRIV in Houston and ESPN's Joe Schad both reported that Sumlin was to become the new coach at Texas A&M. Special teams coordinator Tony Levine coached Houston in the 2012 TicketCity Bowl.

In 2012, behind Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel, Sumlin took Texas A&M, in their first year in the Southeastern Conference, to an 11-2 record, including victories over then #1 Alabama in Tuscaloosa, and #11 Oklahoma in the AT&T Cotton Bowl.