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Tulane’s Jon Sumrall on the Green Wave’s Grit, Culture Building, and College Football Coaching Moves

The Next Round

The Next Round

Football, News, Basketball, Sports, Sports News

4.9890 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Tulane Football Head Coach Jon Sumrall joins The Next Round to discuss the Green Wave’s 2025 season, why every Tulane game seems to go down to the wire, and how his team continues to find ways to win. Coach Sumrall also shares insights into his coaching philosophy, including lessons he’s taken from coaching greats like Nick Saban, and his thoughts on the fast-spinning college football coaching carousel. The conversation dives deep into leadership, player development, and the mindset that’s helped Tulane Football stay among the most consistent programs in the Group of Five. Coach Sumrall gives his unfiltered perspective on what it takes to build a winning culture and how Tulane continues to compete with some of the best teams in college football. If you’re a fan of college football, Tulane Football, or love hearing from some of the game’s sharpest coaches, you won’t want to miss this interview! 👍 Like this video, 💬 comment with your thoughts on Tulane’s season, and 🔔 subscribe to The Next Round on YouTube for more exclusive interviews with college football’s biggest names and rising stars. #JonSumrall #TulaneFootball #CollegeFootball #SECfootball #CFB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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UK slash AI dash glasses. Tulane's in the hunt for a college football playoff spot and we're glad to

1:05.0

catch up with one of our old friends. We always love talking to him. I had coached with the Tulane

1:08.7

Green Wave and he has always kind with his time with

1:11.4

the three of us. He has coached John Summerall. Good to see you again. Coach, how are you doing today? I'm doing great. Appreciate you all having me on, man. Hope all as well. Yeah, it is wonderful. And I hope the same for you. You know, I knew obviously you were coming on this week, and it's no mystery. We love having coaches after wins rather than losses,

1:27.8

you're in a better mood.

1:28.8

It's a more fun interview.

1:30.2

So I'm paying attention to Army. coming on this week, and it's no mystery. We love having coaches after wins rather than losses.

1:27.9

You're in a better mood.

1:28.8

It's a more fun interview. So I'm paying attention to Army Tulane, and I'm like, I don't know if we're going to get coach after a win or not. I call Brown. I said, thank God for Shaz Preston. Amen. Amen. 14 points in two minutes. That's doing some work there at the end of the game for you.

1:45.7

Yeah, we've decided we're going to try to make every game as interesting as possible, whether we're ahead by a lot or behind by a lot. You know, it's been the story of our season. We opened the year against Northwestern. That was like the most comfortable win we had all year. And who knew that was going to be such a quality win at that point? Like now they've rattled off a bunch of them. But we played Duke here at home, our old quarterback, Dary and Mintsa. We get up like 24 to 3. We win by a touchdown. The next week we go to South Alabama, we get down 14 to nothing. We go on a 30-something point unanswered run, win by two.

2:21.5

You know, like we just like finding the most interesting way to make a game capture the audience

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