The Texas coach's new deal doesn't lift him above what Swinney or Smart earned in 2024. And Ohio State coach Ryan Day signed a new deal after the Buckeyes won the national championship last season that is set to pay him $12.5 million in 2025, which puts his deal above Sarkisian's on the list of the sport's most lucrative.

The Texas Longhorns football coaching and recruiting staff will officially have some new faces for the 2025 season. The team announced a slew of staf

The new deal extends Sarkisian’s contract by one year through the 2031 season. It raises his salary this year from $10.4 million to $10.8 million.

Under a contract extension that he agreed to last month, Texas' Steve Sarkisian remains one of the highest-paid coaches in college football.

Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian was among the many shocked when Bill Belichick was hired as the coach of UNC's football team. Sarkisian initially thought the "rumblings" of Belichick going to UNC were him trying to leverage a job in the NFL,