Georgia Southern hires Summers as head football coach

Tyson Summers, who spent 2015 as the defensive coordinator and safeties coach under Mike Bobo at Colorado State, will be introduced in a news conference December 26th, according to a school release.

Summers, from Tifton, coached safeties at Georgia Southern in 2006.

He replaces Willie Fritz, who left Statesboro after two season to take the head coaching job at Tulane.