TEMPE, Ariz. — The Arizona Wildcats dropped their seventh straight game Saturday to Arizona State to cap Kevin Sumlin’s second season with a 4-8 record, but UA athletic director Dave Heeke told reporters afterwards that he will return as head coach in 2020.
“I just want to make it real clear that as we embark into year three of this rebuild program, Coach Sumlin is our head football coach,” Heeke said. “We’re not where we want to be. This isn’t what we wanted, the spot we wanted to be at this point.