Firing the current coach is the easy part. Now comes the real work.
Now that Kevin Sumlin is out, the task at hand for the Arizona Wildcats—particularly athletic director Dave Heeke—is to find a replacement that can revitalize a program that has become a national embarrassment.
Arizona’s 12-game losing streak is the second-longest active skid in FBS, behind only Kansas’ 13-game drought. The Wildcats haven’t won since Oct. 5, 2019 and have lost six consecutive home games for the first time in school history.
Sumlin’s 9-20 record was worse than the 10-18 mark produced by John Mackovic, who succeeded all-time wins leader Dick Tomey in 2001 but was let go midway through the 2003 season.