Former Arizona head coach Kevin Sumlin was named by Will Backus of CBS Sports in his article published on Saturday, “From Herm Edwards to Chad Morris, ranking college football’s 15 worst coaching hires of the past decade.”
Arizona lost its last 12 games under Sumlin. The Wildcats lost all five games in 2020 in their final season under Sumlin. The 2020 season is the only one Arizona finished without a win in 117 years playing football and included a 70-7 loss to Arizona State in the final game of the Sumlin era.
Mediocre offense and poor defenses hindered Arizona during the Sumlin era. Arizona averaged 32.6 points per game in Sumlin’s first season in 2018, which was 98th out of 130 teams nationally. The Wildcats allowed 35.8 PPG in 2019 which was 118th and 39.8 PPG in 2020 which was 121st…