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Texas A&M enters the fray, fires Kevin Sumlin

Kevin Sumlin

OXFORD, MS - NOVEMBER 18: Texas A&M Aggies coach Kevin Sumlin watches from the sideline during the third quarter of a NCAA college football game against the Mississippi Rebels on November 18, 2017, at Vaught-Hemmingway Stadium in Oxford, MS. Texas A&M won 31-24. (Photo by Austin McAfee/Icon Sportswire) Photographer: Austin McAfee/Icon Sportswire

Add Texas A&M to the 2017 coaching carousel, as they have fired Kevin Sumlin after six seasons. They join Tennessee, Florida, Ole Miss (presumably), and Arkansas as SEC teams in the market for a new head coach. Sumlin had a 51-26 overall record at A&M, but had gone 8-5 each of the past three seasons and finished the regular season this year at 7-5.

Arkansas fired Bret Bielema this weekend, as well, as Bielema was coming off the field after a 48-45 loss to Missouri. That not only adds two more coaching vacancies in the SEC, it adds two more coaches to the candidate pool.