Smu Locks Down Rhett Lashlee With Contract Extension And Big Raise

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Rhett Lashlee isn't going anywhere. The SMU caput coach is signing a two-year statement hold pinch nan schoolhouse and getting a raise that will make him "one of nan top-10 highest-paid coaches successful nan country" according to Ross Dellenger of Yahoo! Sports.

The caller woody will support Lashlee pinch SMU done nan 2032 season, per ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg.

Considering nan truth that Lashlee conscionable signed an extension pinch SMU past November, you person to presume that 1 of nan schools looking for a large sanction to switch personification for illustration say, James Franklin astatine Penn State aliases Brian Kelly astatine LSU, must person fixed Lashlee a call. The Mustangs did immoderate it took to support him successful Texas.

If Lashlee is going to beryllium 1 of nan top 10 highest-paid coaches successful nan country, that intends he's going to make much than nan $9 cardinal that Ole Miss's Lane Kiffin, Missouri's Eliah Drinkwitz, Tennessee's Josh Heupel and Kentucky's Mark Stoops are being paid.

Lashlee took complete arsenic caput coach astatine SMU successful 2022. The Mustangs went 11-3 successful his 2nd and 3rd seasons pinch nan schoolhouse making its first quality successful nan expanded College Football Playoff successful 2024 successful their first play successful nan ACC.

The 2 highest-paid coaches successful nan convention earlier Lashlee's latest hold were Bill Belichick astatine North Carolina ($10.1 million) and Dabo Swinney astatine Clemson ($11.4 million).

SMU is disconnected to a 5-3 commencement this season, but 34-15 wide done 4 seasons nether Lashlee. With wide results for illustration that, it's nary wonderment nan school's activity has decided he's nan cleanable fit. And now he's locked down done 2032.