[1][2][3] A four-year letterwinner at Presbyterian College, Summers earned All-South Atlantic Conference honors as a linebacker in 1999 and was selected as team captain as a senior.

[4] Summers began his coaching career in 2002 at Tift County High School in Tifton, Georgia, his alma mater.

On December 21, 2015, Summers returned to Georgia Southern as the program's 14th head coach and 2nd in the Eagles' FBS era, replacing Willie Fritz, who left for the same position at Tulane.

On October 22, 2017, a day after a 55-20 loss at UMass dropped the Eagles to 0-6 on the season, Summers was fired[5] and replaced by assistant coach Chad Lunsford.

For the 2018 season, Summers returned to Georgia, joining Kirby Smart's staff as a defensive quality control coach.