
The Buckeyes are locking up their head coach through at least the 2028 season.
Ohio State announce Angelo State Rams Jerseys d that Day will receive a two-year extension that increases his salary to a level that will tie him as the Big Ten's highest-paid coach. The contract awaits approval from the Board of Trustees, which will occur on Thursday.
Since Day took over the program from Urban Meyer in 2019, the Buckeyes have gone 34-3 with a pair of College Football Playoff appearances and a trip to the national championship following the 2020 season. Day had won every regular-season game in which he was a coach until the 202 Texas vs. Oklahoma Rivalry shirt 1 season– the Buckeyes lost to Oregon and then rival Michigan, w Kentucky vs. Louisville Rivalry shirt hich was his first Big Ten loss as a head coach.
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Here's what we know about Day's new contract with Ohio State:
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According to Ohio State, Day's annual compensation will go from $7.6 to $9.5 million. The school said his base salary will be $2 million per year.
When Day was initially made head coach in Columbus, he had a base salary of $850,000 and a total compensation of $4.5 million, which was inked through 2024. He was extended to 2026 after he led Ohio State to the College Football Playoff in 2019, his first season with the program, and received a pay boost.
Eleven Warriors reported that Ohio State is now spending $18.283 million on the football team's coaching staff in 2022. Three assistant Birmingham-Southern Panthers clothes coaches on the staff — defensive coordinator Jim Knowles ($1.9 million), offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson and associate head coach Larry Johnson ($1.133 million) — are set to make more than $1 million in 2022.
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Day's extension comes just after several fellow Big Ten coaches received major paydays. Mel Tucker signed a 10-year, $95 million extension with Michigan State in November 2021; James Franklin signed a 10-year, $70 million extension with Penn State in November 2021; and Jim Harbaugh sign Capital University Comets clothes ed a five-yea Alabama vs. Auburn Rivalry shirt r, $36.7 million extension with Michigan in February 2022.
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USA Today reported that in 2021, Day made just over $6.6 million, which amounted Appalachian State Mountaineers clothes to the ninth-highest paid coach in college fo Florida vs. Georgia Rivalry Jerseys otball.
Following the new extension, he'll rank quite a bit higher.
Day will now be tied with Tucker as the highest-paid coach in the Big Ten. They are tied with LSU' Alabama Crimson Tide shir Kentucky vs. Louisville Rivalry Jerseys t s Brian Kelly for the third-highest annual compensation in college football, trailing only USC's Lincoln Riley at $10 million per year and Alabama's Nick Saban at $9.9 million per year, according to 247Sports.