TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – A contract extension for Alabama head football coach Nick Saban was approved Tuesday by The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees compensation committee.
The new agreement will extend his current contract by one season to eight years and keep him in charge of the Crimson Tide football program through at least Feb. 28, 2030. The base salary and talent fee of $9.9 million for the current contract year will increase annually throughout the length of the contract. There will also be a contract completion benefit of $800,000 payable at the end of the 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 contract years.
“Our family is very happy to agree to a contract extension with The University of Alabama,” Saban said. Terry and I are very appreciative of the unmatched commitment the University has shown to this football program and our family over the last 15-plus years. This is our home, and we look forward to finishing our career at Alabama. I’ve said this before, but the most fulfilling part of our job is seeing the players that represent our program grow and develop, not only in football, but more importantly in what they have been able to accomplish in their lives because of their involvement in our program. We want to thank the Board of Trustees, Chancellor St. John, President Bell, Director of Athletics Greg Byrne, our athletics administration, the football staff and the whole University community for their support.”
Saban is entering his 16th season and has led his Alabama teams to six national championships since 2009, along with eight Southeastern Conference championships and a record of 183-25 (.880). In his six national championship seasons in Tuscaloosa, his teams have gone 21-2 against top-10 opponents. Alabama has been ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press Poll for at least one week for 15 straight years, which broke the record of seven established by Miami (1986-92). Saban’s 183 wins over the past decade are the most for any Football Bowl Subdivision school during a 10-year span in the Associated Press poll era (since 1936).
Since Saban’s second season in Tuscaloosa in 2008, the Tide has played just three regular season games in which it hasn’t been in contention for the national championship – the final three regular season games of the 2010 season. Alabama has appeared in seven of the first eight College Football Playoffs, winning three CFP titles (2015, 2017, 2020).
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