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Texas A&M’s Jimbo Fisher becomes second-highest paid coach in all of college football
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Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher’s landmark extension was officially approved on Wednesday afternoon.
Fisher will now make slightly more than $9 million per season, making him the country’s second-highest paid college football coach behind only Nick Saban.
That puts Fisher ahead of other National Championship-winning coaches like Clemson’s Dabo Swinney and LSU’s Ed Orgeron. However, Swinney and Oregeron both won national titles at their current schools while Fisher won his at Florida State.
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Based on 2020 $$, Jimbo's new raise & Harbaugh's pay cut, the new Top *6* coaches salaries are:
1) Nick Saban $9.3M
2) Jimbo Fisher $9M
3) Ed Orgeron $8.9M
4) Dabo Swinney $8.3M
5) Dan Mullen $7.6M
6) Kirby Smart $6.9M— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) September 1, 2021
Fisher’s contract was also extended on Wednesday. He now had 10 years and $94.95 million remaining on his deal with the Aggies.
Jimbo Fisher’s new Texas A&M contract is official: 10 year deal worth $94.95 million thru Dec. 31, 2031
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) September 1, 2021
Fisher is 26-10 with Texas A&M since departing from Florida State after the 2017 season. He led A&M to a 9-1 record last season, but a loss to Alabama cost the Aggies a chance at the College Football Playoff. He is 17-8 overall in the SEC.
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh was the highest-paid coach in the Big Ten — and in the top five nationally — a year ago, but took an incentive-laden contract after going 2-4 last season.
Ohio State’s Ryan Day is next on the list at $5.7 million annually, according to USA Today’s 2020 coaching salaries database.
Spenser is the news manager at Saturday Road and covers college football across all Saturday Football brands.