The Alabama soccer staff was just lately ranked No. 1 within the AP preseason faculty soccer ballot. Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban is on prime of the proverbial heap of big-name leaders once more too, because the 70-year-old agreed to a profitable, long-term contract extension with this system on Tuesday.
The deal is for eight years and $93.6 million and would not expire till February 2030, at which level, Saban will probably be 79 years outdated.
Per Suttles, the common yearly wage over the size of the contract of $11.7 million and Saban’s 2022 wage will probably be $10.7 million, earlier than rising all the best way as much as $12.7 million in 2029. The five-time SEC Coach of the 12 months had been slated to make $9.9 million this 12 months earlier than the extension.
Previous to the brand new extension, Saban had solely trailed Georgia’s Kirby Good for the title of highest-paid coach in CFB. Good signed a 10-year contract in July with a wage of $10.25 million and a mean worth of $11.25 million.