Jon Sumrall was named the 31st head football coach in University of Florida history on Nov. 30, 2025. He arrived in Gainesville after rapid program-building success at Troy and Tulane, where his teams reached conference championship games in each of his first four seasons as a head coach. Across those four seasons, Sumrall went 43–12, won back-to-back Sun Belt titles at Troy, won the 2025 American Athletic Conference championship at Tulane, and led Tulane to a College Football Playoff berth.

A former Kentucky linebacker, Sumrall was a three-year letterwinner from 2002–04, led the Wildcats with 72 tackles as a redshirt junior, earned SEC Academic Honor Roll recognition, and was selected to the Frank G. Ham Society of Character. After earning his finance degree in 2005, he began coaching as a Kentucky graduate assistant under Rich Brooks, then built a defensive and player-development resume across San Diego, Tulane, Troy, Ole Miss, Kentucky, Troy, Tulane, and Florida.