Wilson agrees to 6-year contract

[ThompsonHoosier]

Congrats coach Wilson!

 

http://iuhoosiers.com/news/2016/1/11/FB_0111162604.aspx

[ThompsonHoosier]

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana University Vice President and Director of Athletics Fred Glass announced Monday that head football coach Kevin Wilson has signed a new six-year contract. The agreement runs through the 2021 season and Wilson will earn an average annual compensation of $2.55 million or $15.3 million over six years. No other coach in the Big Ten has more seasons on his contract and only one (Jim Harbaugh) has as many.
 
Wilson led the Hoosiers to the 2015 New Era Pinstripe Bowl, only their second bowl appearance in the last 22 years and their first postseason appearance since 2007. IU's six victories marked the program's highest total since the same season. Indiana won the Old Oaken Bucket for the third straight campaign for the first time since 1944-47. A five-year program record 111 Hoosiers have secured Academic All-Big Ten honors under Wilson's direction.
 
"This contract reflects our commitment to Kevin, to continuity, and to Indiana University Football," said Glass. "Kevin has done a great job building our program into one that is competitive with the great teams of the Big Ten and the nation. We are confident that he will continue to lead us to sustained success on the field and in the classroom."
 
"Thank you to President McRobbie, the Board of Trustees, Mr. Glass and the entire athletics administration for their support," Wilson said. "Coupled with an already solid foundation, this ensures stability as we continue to build a winning program in the Big Ten East, one of the great divisions in college football. The administration has shown a total commitment to our program development, continuity, staffing, recruiting and facilities, and has invested heavily in the development of and experience for our students. We are excited for the opportunity and embrace the challenge ahead. My family and I love Indiana and we are all proud Hoosiers. Go IU!"
 
Wilson has mentored three first team All-Americans in his five seasons - offensive linemen Dan Feeney and Jason Spriggs in 2015, and Tevin Coleman in 2014. The three All-Americans are the most for Indiana over a two-year period since 1968-69 (3).
 
Sixteen IU standouts have either moved on to the NFL or received camp invites, including four in 2015. Wide receiver Cody Latimer was selected 56th overall by the Denver Broncos in 2014 and running back Tevin Coleman was selected 73rd overall by the Atlanta Falcons in 2015.
 
Thirty-eight Hoosiers have earned All-Big Ten honors, highlighted by a school record 12 this year. Nine players have collected freshman All-America honors and 24 have garnered freshman All-Big Ten recognition.
 
Wilson's offenses have set 47 school records, including single-season points, total yardage, passing yardage and rushing yardage. Indiana led the Big Ten in total offense, scoring offense and passing offense, the first team since Ohio State in 1995 to do so.
 
IU (2015) became the fourth team in FBS history with a 3,500-yard passer, two 1,000-yard rushers and one 1,000-yard receiver in the same season, joining 2005 Southern California, 2008 Oklahoma and 2015 Southern Miss. The Hoosiers had two 1,000-yard rushers for the first time in program history and were one of two Power Five teams (Baylor) to accomplish that feat this season.
 
Indiana won its final two games for the first time since 2001, its final two road games for the first time since 1982 and its final two games with both being on the road for the first time since 1946. IU had not won back-to-back Big Ten games since 2012, two Big Ten road games in the same year since 2001, back-to-back Big Ten road games since 1993 and three road games in a single season since 1994.
 
Adam Replogle (2012) and safety Mark Murphy (2013, 2014) were the eighth and ninth Indiana players to collect Academic All-America honors. Murphy became just the third Hoosier to earn the honor twice.
 
IU opens the 2016 campaign at Florida International on Saturday, Sept. 3, and kicks off its home slate against Ball State on Saturday, Sept. 10.

[Walking Boot of Doom]

Great move. Good luck next year, KDub.

[ThompsonHoosier]

Was just wondering today why it was taking so long to extend him. Idk if I like a 6-year contract; that's quite a gamble! Hope the team continues to improve.

[Naturalhoosier]

This calls for a big BOOM!!!!

[Walking Boot of Doom]

He self-BOOM'd

#BOOM - It's a Gr8 Day 2 Be a Hoosier #812 - Solid Foundation & Excited as #iufb Moves Forward - #GoIU

[ThompsonHoosier]

@Griffin_Oakes: Kdub just #boomed his own contract extension savage move haha

[johnsoniu]

Good to hear. About a month left til signing day, let's wrap this class up, pay some assts. and get ready to kick some butt next year.

[HoosierReb01]

Was just wondering today why it was taking so long to extend him. Idk if I like a 6-year contract; that's quite a gamble! Hope the team continues to improve.

Through 2021, so a 4 year extension on top of his remaining 2.

[Walking Boot of Doom]

Good thing your opinion has repeatedly been garbage.

@Justin_Albers: Kevin Wilson has improved the program, but one 6-6 season and a bowl appearance doesn't warrant that kind of extension. My opinion. #iufb

[LIHoosier]

Was just wondering today why it was taking so long to extend him. Idk if I like a 6-year contract; that's quite a gamble! Hope the team continues to improve.

Cool Dad loves himself a long term deal; though for football it makes more sense.

Odd to announce this within a few hours of the national title game. I would think it'd be better to announce it a couple days later or during last week's 'dead week'.

 

Any news on whether he got a bigger budget for existing and/or future assistants?

[ThompsonHoosier]

Through 2021, so a 4 year extension on top of his remaining 2.

 

Yeah now that I think about it, it makes a little more sense. At first I thought it was on top of his current contract.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Already seeing a lot of negative tweets about the annual amount but facts is facts.  If we don't up his pay he's gone.  It's just the sad part of college coaching that it's reached this point.  But if we want to remain a football school, it's what we have to do.

 

October 2015 USA Today report:

 

Michigan: Jim Harbaugh — $7,004,000
Ohio State: Urban Meyer — $5,860,000
Penn State: James Franklin — $4,400,000
Iowa: Kirk Ferentz — $4,075,000
Michigan State : Mark Dantonio — $3,671,520
Nebraska: Mike Riley — $2,700,000
Minnesota: Jerry Kill — $2,500,000
Northwestern: Pat Fitzgerald — $2,490,858
Wisconsin: Paul Chryst — $2,300,000
Purdue: Darrell Hazell — $2,140,000
Maryland: Randy Edsall — $2,110,848
Indiana: Kevin Wilson — $1,312,277
Rutgers: Kyle Flood — $1,260,000
Illinois: Bill Cubit — $916,010

[ThompsonHoosier]

If I'm not mistaken, that makes Wilson the 7th highest paid Big Ten coach.

[rebelhoosier848891]

Congrats Coach Wilson----keep us moving forward and always beating PU!

[LIHoosier]

FYI, Maryland's new coach got a 5 yr/$12.5 mil deal(avg. 2.5 mil), Minnesota's new coach got a 3 yr/$4.5 mil deal(avg. 1.5 mil) and Rutgers' new coach got a 5 yr/$11 mil. deal(avg. 2.2 mil)

[TheWatShot]

Good thing your opinion has repeatedly been garbage.

@Justin_Albers: Kevin Wilson has improved the program, but one 6-6 season and a bowl appearance doesn't warrant that kind of extension. My opinion. #iufb

 

Albers is normally full of crap, but he's right on this one. Hopefully we can keep scheduling 4 wins and not blow any of them, because Big Ten wins are still going to be hard to come by. 

[Miller'sTheMan]

Congrats to Coach Wilson! I think he's the right man for the job but he has to keep it up! He has IU on the right track that's for sure.

[Hoosier116]

He is building. It's easy to see the product has improved. Keep winning. Albers is as useful as a poopy flavored lollipop

[Parakeet Jones]

The best part of this is we get more years of great tweets from @fakecoachwilson.