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BREAKING: Tyson Summers fired as Georgia Southern begins rebuild

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As of Sunday afternoon, Georgia Southern has relieved Tyson Summers of his duties as the Eagles’ head coach.

Source: Georgia Southern’s Tyson Summers fired after 0-6 start. Assistant head coach Chad Lunsford expected to be named interim coach

— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) October 22, 2017

Summers began the 2017 with very low expectations and managed to underachieve even those, starting the season 0-6 with no loss coming by less than eight points.

The Eagles seemingly bottomed out just two games into this season, falling to FCS New Hampshire 22-12 on Sept.