Texas A&M AD gives coach Kevin Sumlin vote of confidence

“At no time have we ever thought about it and discussed it. That's about as clear as you can be,” Hyman told the Morning News. “We've got to be realistic here — if you look at what Kevin has accomplished in the four years he's been here from a historical standpoint, it's at the top. This is a brutal league. It's a 12-round boxing match every time you go out on a Saturday. It's good news-bad news. Good news it's the best league in the country. Bad news it's the best league in the country."

“There's myriad different reasons why they are leaving,” Hyman said. “Students have changed, but what's probably changed more is parents. And parents have changed a lot, whereas before if a situation comes up they would tell the student athlete "no, you're not coming home.' Now there's a lot of involvement with parents. Sometimes you've got to separate the umbilical cord. I'm talking about all sports."

"We all want to win,” Hyman told the Morning News. “You don't change for change sake, you change to make things better. I tip my cap to Kevin. He's always looking, how can we tweak? What can we do? If you look at it the four years I've been here, the exit interviews I do with student-athletes, they have huge amount of strong support and belief in Kevin and respect the heck out of him and their experiences here."

"We're looking forward. The whole football program is moving forward,” Hyman said. “Kevin Sumlin is the captain of our ship and the future looks good. Where we are in position football-wise, we're in a very strong position."