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That SEC Football Podcast

Jon Sumrall Interview: What's the Blueprint for his Florida Gator Football Program?

That SEC Football Podcast

Michael Bratton/SEC Mike

Football, News, Leisure, Sports News, Sports, Games

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Florida Gators head coach Jon Sumrall joins That SEC Podcast to discuss his first building his first staff in Gainesville and laying the foundation for what is to come for Florida football under his regime loving Bourbon (1:30), remembering Jared Lorenzen (2:00), hiring Brad White (3:30), Florida’s identity under Sumrall (5:30), building team chemistry (8:00), first spring in Gainesville (11:00), handling expectations (13:15), support from Gator legends (15:00), special teams mat returning? (16:45) Advertising inquiries: thatsecpodcast@gmail.com Interested in helping us grow the channel? Become an Official Cousin by signing up for a membership to the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8aQL-yFS2ZoSkUBeMfYesA/join We have t-shirts for sale! Check out our merchandise store featuring shirts, hoodies, stickers, coffee mugs, pillows, phone cases and more: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/thatsecpodcast?ref_id=19055 All show music comes via Nashville band Crimson Calamity; check out their work by clicking the link below: https://open.spotify.com/artist/29HGeJEcYHBJlyt4xIcLBw?si=GJoEOr0YSoeqWkrjhCc0Ug

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0:00.0

All right, in studio, we got the man, the myth, the legend, coach John Summraw, Florida Gators

0:16.8

head football coach.

0:17.8

I appreciate you coming on today.

0:20.2

Appreciate you having me all, man. Glad to join you. Yeah, absolutely. Man. Hey, I appreciate you coming on today. Appreciate you having me all, man.

0:21.3

Glad to join you.

0:22.4

Yeah, absolutely.

0:23.6

Man, hey, I was doing a little research.

0:25.4

Fun fact, you probably didn't know this, but you are in fact seven days older than I am.

0:31.8

I'm born July 12th, you're July 5th.

0:34.6

So I got to ask, at what age did you finally realize the fireworks were not for you?

0:41.2

Well, I've still tricked my kids that they are. And we just have to make them go an extra 24 hours to the 5th, too.

0:48.6

So I tell people on the 4th that, you know, they're celebrating what was my arrival a day later. uh and the leftovers are for the fifth but yeah no i i learned pretty early i got an uncle ironically i have an uncle that was born on the fourth of july oh and so so we uh we always have a good time around the fourth and fifth of july yeah i get it My sister's the third. So she, I think we got her to about 7-8 when she started realizing that it wasn't hers. So, uh, but hey, man, I want to ask, you know, I'm a huge fan. I've been following you for a long, long time. You probably see a lot of this Tennessee gear, a lot of this Kentucky bourbon behind me. There's a reason for that. I have a bet with a couple of buddies up north for every time Tennessee wins, I get sent a bottle of bourbon. And every time Tennessee loses, I got to send a bottle of Tennessee whiskey. So it's like our version of the beer barrel. That's a pretty cool bet. Yeah, I like it.

1:44.7

I'm, I'm a,

1:45.4

I'm a bourbon fan.

1:46.3

I see you got a bottle of Blanton's behind you over your left shoulder there. I like Blantins a lot. Yeah, it's hard to, hard to beat the bourbon in Kentucky for sure. No, absolutely not. And that's one of the things I wanted to ask you, you know, I've got to ask.

1:59.0

I've got a picture here.

2:00.5

There he is.

2:01.4

The legend.

2:02.2

John Summerall in uniform there.

2:04.7

But, uh, the things I wanted to ask you, you know, I've got to ask. I've got a picture here. There he is. The legend. John Summerall in uniform there.

2:04.5

But while you're up there, when I think of that era, I think of one guy in particular.

2:09.9

I think you know exactly who I'm talking about, the hefty lefty.

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