Who is the Big Cat now? Kevin Sumlin Introduced as new Arizona Football Head Coach

Arizona Athletics introduces their new head football coach Kevin Sumlin, and the excitement is not only building it is raging.

Today was the day that the University of Arizona president Robert Robbins and Athletic Director Dave Heeke introduced their big catch or big cat new head Arizona Football coach Kevin Sumlin.

Sumlin got his team out of bed early this morning for a 7:15 am meeting in the football facilities. He told the team that he wants to build trust between them and that he is keeping Marcel Yates on board as Defensive Coordinator. We heard that the entire team of defensive coaches were on hand for his pep talk but cannot confirm.

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UCLA introduced Chip Kelly with pomp and circumstance. They brought out the food and balloons and let the media know they were about to party hard to celebrate their new coach. ASU had their own fanfare along with the press conference to introduce their head coach (?? is that what he is??), Herm Edwards. Herm took to the mic like a preacher at church and stirred up the room and made a ton of promises to everyone. The funny thing is, their fans did not buy the sermon and are now pretty jealous that Arizona landed the coach of their dreams.

Arizona SID Jeremy Sharp held their presser in a different room than press conferences with the football coaches are normally held. There were comfy seats that weren’t all filled, but there were plenty of other people standing and sitting on the outside listening in.

There was not much fanfare, not much pomp and circumstance, there were two of the best football helmets on the table that the team has gotten to wear in recent years and there was the big cat sitting in the middle. Kevin Sumlin sat between Heeke and Robbins and had a big smile on his face. That is until he got his first question from Daily Wildcat student Saul Bookman.

We got a good taste of where not to go with coach Sumlin, do not bring up race, mostly because he felt that if you had to bring it up, then we haven’t gotten past it.

Heeke said that Sumlin checked all the boxes for the criteria for his search for the next coach:

Press Conference:

Coach Sumlin meets the lucky statue of John Byrd “Button” Salmon that he will be patting on his way to the locker room before games and any time he feels the need:

Reaction from past and current players as well others:
Former Cats:

While he was a GOAT in the house, we couldn’t find any interviews of Ricky Hunley:

Freshman star Tony Fields II was able to speak and tell us how the morning meeting with his new coach went, respect was important as well as Marcel Yates coming back as he and Khalil Tate along with Scottie Young, Demetrius Flannagan-Fowles, and Kylan Wilborn requested publicly.

Fields II on wanting to get to the Rose Bowl which will require hard work and dedication:

Layth Friekh on Rich Rod and if you don’t recognize him, he cut that flowing hair off:

Justin Belknap (Defense) said his new coach talked about trust and the players came out to support coach Yates.

Head Arizona Basketball Coach Sean Miller is excited about Arizona’s football players:

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Welcome Coach Kevin Sumlin, now let’s get to work! We are glad everyone is happy and cannot wait to write about the team moving forward. Bear Down and Go Cats!