Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin says no to NFL possibilities

Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin isn’t interested in the National Football League and has every intent on staying for the remainder of his contract.

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If you’re a National Football League general manager, don’t try calling Kevin Sumlin. Chances are your number will get blocked.

The Texas A&M coach let a host of NFL teams know that he is not interested in coaching on Sundays and that he plans on staying in College Station through the end of his contract, which currently expires at the end of the 2019 season.

Sumlin’s name was one of those that popped up on Black Monday, when the Bears, Falcons, Jets and Raiders put “Help Wanted” signs up for their respective head coaching vacancies. Sumlin, UCLA’s Jim Mora and Auburn’s Gus Malzhan were the most popular possibilities among college coaches that would draw attention from the League.

Mora and Malzhan will have to speak for themselves, yet Sumlin is pretty cool where he is, even as he continues to look for a new pool boy.

Sumlin completed his third season as Texas A&M’s coach with a 45-37 win over West Virginia in the Liberty Bowl, raising his record to 28-11 overall. The Aggies finished 8-5 in a roller coaster of a season that saw them ranked as high as sixth in the nation, before three straight losses immediately jarred their College Football Playoff hopes.

Texas A&M also went through a quarterback change, as opening game starter Kenny Hill was replaced after the Aggies’ 59-0 loss to Alabama, yielding the way to fellow freshman Kyle Allen, who went 3-2 as the starter. Both will have to compete for the starting job next season with highly-touted incoming freshman Kyler Murray, who led Allen High School to three straight state championships.

The Aggies will remain loaded offensively, yet much of the offseason focus will be on improving a defense that ranked 103rd overall while allowing 28.1 points per game. Texas A&M took a major step toward retooling the D by bringing in LSU defensive coordinator John Chavis, one of the nation’s best defensive minds.

Perhaps the biggest reason why Sumlin’s choosing to stay? Oh, let’s say there’s about five million reasons, which is what it will cost Sumlin if he left Texas A&M before the end of the 2016 season.

So, no, NFL, now is not the time to lob a phone call down to College Station, yet you never know what the next couple of years will bring. In the meantime, keep the flame burning for Sumlin.

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