Texas A&M Regents to discuss Jimbo Fisher's contract at upcoming meeting

The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents will meet soon to discuss the contract of head football coach Jimbo Fisher. A raise and extension for Fisher are the expected focus of the conversation, and Billy Liucci is reporting Fisher’s new deal will be for another ten years at $9 million per year.

Earlier this summer, the Board of Regents dealt with Southeastern Conference expansion, with the Board ultimately authorizing Texas A&M University President M. Katherine Banks to vote in favor of admitting the University of Oklahoma and the University of Texas to the league. This week’s conversation figures to revolve around matters inside the Aggie football program, specifically the man at the top.

Jimbo Fisher came to Texas A&M following the 2017 football season, signing a 10-year, $75 million contract to become the head coach of the Aggies after spending eight years leading the Florida State Seminoles. During his tenure in Tallahassee, Fisher won three conference championships and the 2013 National Championship and became regarded as one of college football’s elite head coaches.

Currently, Fisher’s annual salary of $7.5 million ranks fifth in college football behind Alabama’s Nick Saban ($9.1 million), LSU’s Ed Orgeron ($8.9 million), Clemson’s Dabo Swinney ($8.3 million) and Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh ($8.1 million). 

At the time of Fisher’s hire, many national pundits were critical, scoffing at A&M’s willingness to guarantee a football coach $75 million or suggesting Fisher was not worth the hefty total. However, since coming to Aggieland, Fisher has rapidly elevated the Texas A&M program to a College Football Playoff contender.

An elite recruiter, Fisher signed the nation’s No. 17 class in 2018, No. 4 class in 2019, No. 6 class in 2020 and No. 8 class in 2021 according to 247sports. The Aggies’ 2022 class is currently ranked inside the top ten nationally and is likely to wind up inside the top five.

On the field, Fisher guided the Aggies to a 9-4 record and a win over NC State in the Gator Bowl during his first season followed by an 8-5 campaign and Texas Bowl victory in 2019. Last season, the Aggies were 9-1 and won the program’s first-ever Orange Bowl championship, finishing inside the top-four for the first time since Texas A&M’s national championship season in 1939.

Jimbo Fisher enters year four in Aggieland with high expectations as Texas A&M opens the 2021 campaign ranked No. 6 in both the AP and Coaches preseason polls. The Aggies begin the season on Sept. 4 against Kent State at Kyle Field.

TexAgs will provide more information regarding adjustments to Fisher’s contract as it becomes available.