Texas also awarded a raise and extension to Johnny Nansen, hired in 2024 as co-defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach. Scheduled to make $925,000 in 2025, Nansen will now earn $1.1 million and is now on the hook to make $1.2 million in 2026.

Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian and the university have agreed to terms on a contract extension, a source confirmed Saturday to the American-Statesman. The news was first reported by the Action Network.

With teams having a chance to play as many as 17 games or 18 if they travel to Hawaii, coaches around the country are now attempting to figure out how to lessen the load on players. Something Steve Sarkisian is in the process of doing according to 247Sports' Chip Brown, who revealed the head coach is considering making spring ball changes.

We now have details of Longhorns head football coach Steve Sarkisian's new contract extension, which adds an extra year through 2031

After declining interviews with at least two NFL teams this winter, Sarkisian parlayed them into a 3.85% pay increase and an extra year on his contract, keeping him in Austin until the end of 2031. By 2031,

Longhorns’ Head Football Coach Steve Sarkisian has restructured his contract to stay put in Austin until the end of 2031, with a chunky 3.85-percent pay raise to boot.