The University of Texas System Board of Regents approved a raise and contract extension for Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian on Thursday, guaranteeing his status as one of the highest-paid coaches in college athletics.
Sarkisian’s amended contract gives him a pay raise of 3.85% that will increase his guaranteed compensation in 2025 by $400,000 to $10.8 million. The extension also added a year to Sarkisian’s contract. He’s set to make $12.3 million in 2031.
As reported by the American-Statesman and other media outlets earlier this year, the contract extension that Sarkisian agreed to last month keeps him as one of the highest-paid coaches in the country. According to the USA TODAY database for coaching salaries, Georgia’s Kirby Smart was the only coach who made more than $12 million in 2024. ESPN reported earlier this month that Ohio State’s Ryan Day had agreed to an extension that will make him college football’s second-highest-paid coach and pay him $12.5 million.
According to USA TODAY, Sarkisian was the third-highest-paid coach this past season. His total pay was $10.6 million, which included $300,000 in bonuses.
Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian was given a 3.85% pay raise on Thursday by UT regents, increasing his guaranteed compensation in 2025 by $400,000 to $10.8 million. He also signed a contract extension through the 2031 season. He has led Texas to back-to-back CFP semifinals.
Under his amended contract, Sarkisian will become an $11 million coach by 2026 and a $12 million coach by 2030.
Here’s a list of his compensation per year, beginning in 2025:
∙ 2025: $10,800,00
∙ 2026: $11,050,000
∙ 2027: $11,300,000
∙ 2028: $11,550,000
∙ 2029: $11,800,000
∙ 2030: $12,050,000
∙ 2031: $12,300,000
The Texas regents also rubber-stamped extensions for two UT assistant coaches on Thursday. Jeff Banks, the special…
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Author : Austin American-Statesman
Publish date : 2025-02-20 23:26:00
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