TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida State football coach Jimbo Fisher has signed a two-year contract extension, which will carry him through the 2024 season.
Fisher is in his seventh season at Florida State and has a 77-17 record, including leading the school to the 2013 BCS national championship. The 10th-ranked Seminoles are in a New Year's Six bowl for the fifth straight season and will take on No. 6 Michigan in the Orange Bowl on Dec. 30.
"Coach Fisher has done an outstanding job in leading our football program, and is clearly one of the top coaches in college football," Florida State athletic director Stan Wilcox said in a statement. "He is committed to maintaining the elite status of FSU football and we are fortunate and proud to secure him for the long term."
Fisher said he is "committed to developing young men in all phases of their lives" and is happy to have a long-term contract that will enable him to keep his staff in place for a long time.
"Florida State is a special place and I look forward to continuing to build on our past success into the future," Fisher said.
According to the terms of the contract which were released by the school, Fisher will earn an annual salary of at least $5.5 million beginning next season. The slight increase places him in the top five among the highest paid college football coaches according to USA Today's coaching salary database.