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Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin's father has died; how he dealt with segregation as a football coach

Courtesy Sumlin family

__ Caption: Texas A&M football coach Kevin Sumlin with parents Bill and Marion Sumlin.

Kevin Sumlin's father, William, died Sunday in Indianapolis, according to Texas A&M officials. William Sumlin was a coach and educator. The Texas A&M coach is with his family.

Here's Brad Townsend's September 2012 interview with the Sumlin family before Kevin Sumlin's coaching debut at Texas A&M

COLLEGE STATION -- If the anticipation weighs on Kevin Sumlin, it doesn't show.

He's about to debut as Texas A&M's football coach, in the school's historic Southeastern Conference opener, but that isn't tension filling the air of his Bright Complex office.