Following a historic 2021 season that saw the Cincinnati Bearcats make the College Football Playoff, Luke Fickell's name was again a hot topic on the coaching carousel.
Cincinnati, who has +15000 college football odds to win the national championship, was well aware and proactively ensured their head coach would stick with the program. The job is made more attractive by the upcoming move to the Big 12, and the university and Fickell agreed to a new contract in February of 2022.
Luke Fickell has agreed to a contract extension with the University of Cincinnati through 2028, per @JustinWilliams
He'll be paid $5M per year pic.twitter.com/1oAIuhYMoP