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UT-Austin football coach to make more than $10M a year after pay bump

By Pooja SalhotraThe Texas TribuneSteve Sarkisian, the head football coach at the University of Texas at Austin, will earn a guaranteed salary of $10.3 million this year, a substantial pay raise that will put him among the highest-paid division 1 football coaches nationwide.The University of Texas System Board of Regents approved the pay increase during a Thursday meeting. The terms of employment had already been approved by the school’s leadership and general counsel.Under the new contract, Sarkisian will receive a pay bump of $100,000 each year until the termination of the agreement at the end of 2030, when he will ...

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