Texas A&M Football: 5 reasons Jimbo Fisher makes the Aggies contenders

Texas A&M Football: 5 reasons Jimbo Fisher makes the Aggies instant contenders

MIAMI GARDENS, FL - DECEMBER 30: Head coach Jimbo Fisher of the Florida State Seminoles looks on prior to their Capitol One Orange Bowl game against the Michigan Wolverines at Sun Life Stadium on December 30, 2016 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Marc Serota/Getty Images) /

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Any man named Jimbo has heart. That’s just a fact and this Jimbo has a passion for competition. From 1993 to now, Fisher has coached in some of the toughest conferences in America. In his first Power Five coaching job, he was an assistant at Auburn, he took a break and went to Cincinnati for a year.

The next year, he was back in the SEC to coach LSU’s offense under Nick Saban. While he was in Baton Rouge, he picked up a nice little national title in 2003. In 2007, he went to coach under Bobby Bowden at Florida State and then replaced his predecessor in 2012.

Ever since 2012, he has been battling with Dabo Swinney’s Clemson Tigers. In his first three seasons he won the ACC and won it all in 2013.

Jimbo is ready right now to coach in the SEC West because what he has recently gone through in the ACC Atlantic. The Atlantic might not be as strong as the West but it is definitely up there. This is clearly one area Fisher is better equipped to handle than Sumlin when he took the A&M job.

After Johnny Manziel, Sumlin might not have been ready for the West grind. It could be the reason his teams always started hot and then fizzled out late in the season. That shouldn’t happen to Fisher because he has coached in tough conferences for his entire career.