Kevin Sumlin is headed to DFW as the new Dallas Renegades head coach, bringing Houston’s 2026 roster with him in a major UFL realignment.

The Dallas Renegades will have a new head coach in 2027, and it’s a name Texas football fans know well.

The United Football League announced Wednesday that Kevin Sumlin will take over the Renegades, continuing his spring football coaching career after leading the Houston Gamblers during the 2026 season.

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The move is part of a broader UFL realignment involving Dallas, Houston and two new markets. Sumlin won’t arrive alone. The league is moving the 2026 Houston Gamblers roster to Dallas, meaning Sumlin will retain much of the personnel he coached this past season. Meanwhile, the 2026 Dallas Renegades roster will follow former head coach Rick Neuheisel to Colorado.

That creates an unusual situation: Dallas keeps the Renegades name, but much of the football operation will effectively be inherited from Houston.

Sumlin brings extensive ties to the state.

He went 35-17 in four seasons at Houston, then posted a 51-26 record at Texas A&M from 2012-17. His first Aggies team finished 11-2, beat Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl and helped launch Johnny Manziel’s Heisman Trophy season. Sumlin was named SEC Coach of the Year in 2012.

His Texas resume is a major part of why the move makes sense geographically.

“To continue coaching in Texas, especially in a market like DFW, is exciting for my family and me,” Sumlin said in the league announcement. He called the Metroplex “the home market of the UFL” and said he wants to build a program that reflects the area’s football culture.

The transition also ends Neuheisel’s brief run in Dallas. He coached the Renegades in 2026 and now returns to Colorado, where his college head-coaching career began.

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For Renegades fans, the 2027 season will look considerably different.

There will be a familiar team name, but a new coach, a largely different roster and a new football identity.

And for Sumlin, it’s another chance to establish himself in a Texas market where expectations for football are never particularly modest.