Sure, while they both were deciding whether to take a different job, the circumstances surrounding the moves were not on the same wavelength in terms of coaching in the SEC.The conversation surrounding the coaching carousel will be discussed for decades, most likely being taught in business ethics classes on college campuses in the future.Greg Sankey addresses SEC breakaway talk as Michigan tries to steal spotlight with AD Warde Manuel decisionFor Kiffin, he had to decide on whether taking the LSU job was worthy enough for him not coaching Ole Miss through the college football playoff.As for Jon Sumrall, he was making a decision on which opportunity in the SEC would be the better fit.Jon Sumrall speaks during a press conference introducing him as the new Florida Gators football head coach at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fla., on Dec.1, 2025.
(Getty Images)Was it going to be Auburn, or Florida? Obviously, we know how that part turned out, with Sumrall now entering his first season as the Gators' head coach.Taking to the podium on Wednesday morning in Tampa, the conversation about whether both Kiffin and Summrall were dealing with the same type of dilemma was spurned by a question about his decision to leave Tulane.While Kiffin and Sumrall have discussed the situation numerous times since last December, there was one part of the process that the two coaches did not agree on.They were not the same situations, at all."I'd say no two decisions are alike, right," Sumrall noted.
"Lane and I are friends, and talked several times during the process in October and November about what it was looking like about how things were going to unfold."Lane said 'you and I are going through the same thing' and I'm like, 'No Lane, we're not.If you leave, you're leaving an SEC school to go to an SEC school'.
I was leaving Tulane.But, it was challenging to do it, but I wouldn’t have done it any other way.
I wanted to make sure I left Tulane the right way.If any universi...