Sarkisian’s accomplishments are paying off handsomely
Nearly no one in the college football has a heavier wallet than Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian.
That was recently made official thanks to a seven-year extension Sarkisian signed to stick around in Austin, even after at least two NFL franchises reached out to the Texas coach to interview for their lead coaching roles, according to a recent report at KXAN in Austin.
From KXAN:
“Sarkisian parlayed [the NFL interview offers] into a 3.85% pay increase and an extra year on his contract, keeping him in Austin until the end of 2031. By 2031, Sarkisian is set to make $12.3 million annually. He’ll receive a $400,000 raise this year, moving his salary from $10.4 million to $10.8 million, with larger pay increases than the contract extension he signed before the beginning of last season. In his previous extension, Sarkisian was set to get a $100,000 raise every season until 2030, bringing his maximum annual salary to $10.9 million. With the accelerated increases, he’ll make $12.05 million by then.”
Not bad for a day’s work, Sark.
It’s well deserved, of course, after the previous two seasons of the Texas coach’s four-year tenure has ended in semifinal appearances in the College Football Playoff, including this season’s 12-team CFP debut, in which the Longhorns lost to the Ohio State Buckeyes.