Latest Steve Sarkisian News

Texas regents approve Sarkisian contract extension and raise to more than $10 million

Feb. 22, 2024 17:35 PM EST

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Steve Sarkisian is college football's latest $10 million man. The University of Texas System Board of Regents on Thursday approved a raise and contract extension for the Longhorns coach that boosts his guaranteed salary to $10.3 million this year and signs him...

Big money: Texas coach Sarkisian getting salary increase to more than $10 million per year

Feb. 17, 2024 15:46 PM EST

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas coach Steve Sarkisian's contract extension will push his guaranteed salary to $10.3 million this year, making him one of the highest-paid coaches in the country after leading the Longhorns to the Big 12 championship and their first appearance in the College Football...

Kentucky hires former Boise State assistant Bush Hamdan as the Wildcats' offensive coordinator

Feb. 14, 2024 19:42 PM EST

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky has hired former Boise State assistant Bush Hamdan as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach following Liam Coen’s departure to the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Hamdan, 38, is a 15-year coaching veteran who previously worked in the...

South Carolina hires Super Bowl-winning special teams coach Joe DeCamillis

Jan. 29, 2024 18:39 PM EST

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina hired two-time Super Bowl-winning special teams coach Joe DeCamillis on Monday for that position with the Gamecocks. The school's board of trustees approved a three-year contract for DeCamillis, 58, worth $800,000 a season. He takes over for...

The second wave of college football's hiring cycle produces some unprecedented movement

Jan. 25, 2024 18:34 PM EST

After a relatively quiet primary hiring cycle in college football in November and December, the coaching carousel revved up again in January, starting with the sudden retirement of maybe the greatest head coach of all time. Since Nick Saban stepped down at Alabama on Jan. 10, seven...