Kevin Sumlin is Arizona’s next head coach

SB Nation can confirm reports that former Texas A&M and Houston head coach Kevin Sumlin is headed to Arizona, and both sides have agreed to terms, per a source close to the negotiation. On Sunday afternoon, reports began circulating that the former Aggies head coach has found a new gig.

The Wildcats fired Rich Rodriguez earlier this month, and Arizona is moving quickly with this one. This isn’t the first time Sumlin has been connected to head-coaching rumors. He was reportedly being considered by Arizona State and UCF, but both schools made hires elsewhere. It looks like Sumlin will keep Arizona defensive coordinator Marcel Yates, too:

At College Station, Sumlin went 51-26, which is a good record, but his teams weren’t winning nearly as much as TAMU wanted them to be after his first season:

Sumlin’s first season, 2012, was brilliant. With Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel at quarterback, the Aggies went 11-2, beat No. 1 Alabama in Tuscaloosa, won the Cotton Bowl, and finished No. 5 in the AP Poll. Sumlin had taken over a 7-6 team from Mike Sherman and, with Manziel’s help, made it both fun and really good.

Then Sumlin went from great to good, and he never got back to great. A&M lost at least four games in every subsequent year of his tenure and faded from SEC West contention every year.

Sumlin recruited well and consistently stocked his rosters with talent, including a No. 1 NFL pick in defensive end Myles Garrett. He had top-15 talent in each of the last three seasons but didn’t produce results anywhere near that good.

Many A&M fans have been extremely over Sumlin for a while

Now, Sumlin will be able to play in a much more winnable division, the Pac-12 South, than the SEC West, and his offensive system should translate quite well to the conference as a whole. His overall record as a head coach is 86-43.

We will update this story with further information.