Florida reportedly had an interview with a coaching candidate set for this week, but now it appears the interview is off. <\/p>\n
Per On3’s Pete Nakos<\/a>, Tulane head coach Jon Sumrall will no longer meet with the Gators after previously having a meeting scheduled for Thursday. According to Nakos, “the meeting on the books has been called off.” <\/p>\n Sumrall has been a popular name in this year’s coaching carousel, being\u00a0linked<\/a>\u00a0to Auburn along with Florida. It’s unclear whether he is pulling his name out of the race for the job in Gainesville or if he’s keeping his focus on the rest of the season in New Orleans.<\/p>\n Last month, Sumrall made it clear he wasn’t interested in discussing head coaching vacancies during the season.<\/p>\n “The coaching carousel to me is not even a thought because we’re in the midseason phase,” Sumrall said ahead of Tulane’s contest with UTSA (h\/t 247Sports’\u00a0Graham Hall<\/a>). “So whatever somebody else wants to do, another program wants to do, what people want to speculate, they’re free to do that.\u00a0UTSA<\/a>\u00a0has my 100% focus. Our team playing the best it can has my 100% focus.”<\/p>\n Sumrall is in his fourth season as a head coach. He was Troy’s head coach from 2022 to 2023 before taking over at Tulane.<\/p>\n He has a 40-11 record as a head coach with a pair of Sun Belt titles on his resume.<\/p>\n