Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel has received a contract extension following Tennessee’s playoff run last year and heading into Saturday’s season opener against Syracuse. Heupel’s contract will now run through 2030 and he has more use of planes for personal use. Heupel under his new deal now has 30 hours of personal use within the […]
Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel has received a contract extension following Tennessee’s playoff run last year and heading into Saturday’s season opener against Syracuse.
Heupel’s contract will now run through 2030 and he has more use of planes for personal use. Heupel under his new deal now has 30 hours of personal use within the continental United States
Heupel is currently making 9 million dollars a year and there is not raise in his extension.
“The revival of our football program under Josh’s leadership has made everyone in Big Orange Country proud to be a Vol,” Athletics Director Danny White said. “Josh has brought Tennessee Football back to its rightful place among the nation’s elite programs, and he and his staff have fostered a positive culture within the team. Our commitment to supporting Josh and his staff remains strong and unwavering.”
The buyout of Heupel by the University and if Heupel were to leave on his own has also been amended. If Heupel were terminated before December 15, 2025 then the University would owe the head coach the full amount remaining on his contract. That drops to 75% after the December 15, 2025 and before December 15, 2027. That number drops by 2 million a year over the following two years.
If Heupel were to leave before December 15, 2025, he would owe the University $8 million dollars.
Heupel led Tennessee to the College Football Playoff with a 10-3 record last season and went 11-2 in 2022, beating Clemson in the Orange Bowl in the first New Year’s Six bowl game for the Vols in the College Football Playoff era. His first Tennessee team went 7-6 in 2021 and the Vols were 9-4 in 2023.
Heupel is 65-23 overall as a head coach, after going 28-8 in three seasons at UCF before taking the Tennessee job in January 2021. Heupel was hired away from UCF a week after White left UCF as athletic director to take the same job at Tennessee.
Heupel is currently seventh on Tennessee Football’s all-time wins list, with his 37 wins.
General Robert Neyland is No. 1 with a 173-31-12 record, ahead of Phillip Fulmer (151-52-1), Johnny Majors (116-62-8), Bill Battle (59-22-2), Bowden Wyatt (49-29-4) and Doug Dickey (46-15-4). Heupel’s .712 win percentage is also seventh best.
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