FAYETTEVILLE -- There's not an SEC bylaw that requires football teams to hire coordinators with previous coaching experience in the conference.
But it seems like an unwritten rule.
"We just kind of passed them around, didn't we?" Texas A&M Coach Kevin Sumlin said of the new coordinators. "A lot of them just got new shirts on and new hats."
Sumlin said that in July at SEC Media Days, but the same sentiment applies as teams approach the start of the 2016 season.
Last season, SEC teams featured 14 new coordinators, including four who moved directly from one conference school to another and nine with SEC coaching experience.