STATESBORO, Ga. -- Georgia Southern has hired Colorado State defensive coordinator Tyson Summers as coach.
Summers, from Tifton, Georgia, will replace Willie Fritz, who left Georgia Southern to become Tulane's coach. Fritz was formally introduced as Tulane's coach Tuesday.
ESPN's Brett McMurphy and multiple outlets reported earlier that Summers had reached a verbal agreement to be Georgia Southern's new coach.
Summers served as an assistant coach at Georgia Southern in 2006 before stints at Alabama-Birmingham and Central Florida.
"I'm looking forward to building off the offense that is in place and continuing to progress with the defense,'' Summers said.