TROY, Ala. – After leading Troy to a Sun Belt Conference championship, head coach Jon Sumrall is one of eight finalists for the 2022 Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year, presented by the Football Writers Association of America, in conjunction with the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
Sumrall, the Sun Belt Coach of the Year, has the Trojans ranked in both the College Football Playoff (No. 24) and USA Today Coaches Poll (No. 24) for the first time in program history and back in the Associated Press Top 25 (No. 23) for the first time since 2016.