Steve Sarkisian Agrees to Four-Year Contract Extension at Texas
After being rumored to be one of the focuses of the Alabama coaching search, Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian has agreed to a four-year extension to stay with the Longhorns through 2030. The University announced the contract extension on Saturday.
Sarkisian is fresh off leading Texas to its first Big 12 Championship since 2009 and a subsequent College Football Playoff berth, where they lost to the Washington Huskies in the semifinals.
In three seasons at Texas, Sarkisian has improved the program every season from 5-7 to 8-5 to 12-2. Sarkisian led the Horns a No. 3 final ranking in The Associated Press Poll, its highest finish in 15 years since earning the No. 2 spot in 2009. Texas’ current streak of 15 consecutive weeks in the top-10 of one of those polls is the Horns’ longest stretch since 2009.
“Coach Sark is an incredible coach, a first-class person, and a tremendous leader of men,” said Kevin Eltife, Chairman of the UT System Board of Regents. “We knew he was the man for the job when we hired him three years ago, and the way he stuck to the plan he laid out for us, stayed the course in putting everything in place, and got our football program back among the best in the nation has been phenomenal. What a year it was in 2023, winning the final Big 12 Championship and taking us to the CFP for the first time, and we know the best is yet to come. Coach Sark has brought the pride and passion back in our program, we’re so fortunate to have him, and we’re looking forward to many more exciting years ahead.”
On Friday morning, Sarkisian broke his silence with a simple tweet that implied he was not leaving Austin, despite some rumors swirling.
The Texas Longhorns are set to leave the Big 12 for the SEC next summer, where Sarkisian will now try and take UT to the top of the premier conference in college football.
