Jon Sumrall won three letters playing middle linebacker at Kentucky from 2002-04. On Monday, the Wildcats officially announced Sumrall’s hiring as UK’s new inside linebackers coach.
Sumrall replaces Matt House, who recently left Kentucky for a job with the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs.
Sumrall, 36, took a long and winding path to find his way back to Kentucky.
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Jon Sumrall
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After graduating with a finance degree in 2005, Sumrall was a graduate assistant coach under Rich Brooks at Kentucky in 2005-06.