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Ohio State’s Ryan Day agrees to contract extension through 2031 paying him $12.5 million annually
The contract, pending approval by the university’s Board of Trustees, runs through the 2031 season and would make Day the second highest-paid coach in the country behind Georgia’s Kirby Smart.
Ryan Day’s Salary Trails Only Kirby Smart After Buckeye Bump
Ohio State head coach Ryan Day had his contract extended through the 2031 season with a salary increase that averages $12.5 million in annual compensation, the school announced on Thursday. The move comes just over two weeks after Day’s Buckeyes won the College Football Playoff national title. The new deal slots Day behind only Georgia’s …
Ohio State football coach Ryan Day gets extension, raise to $12.5 million annually
Ohio State coach Ryan Day has agreed to a contract extension through 2031.
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‘Important but not the biggest’: Gatland denies Italy game is Wales’s most crucial in 20 years
- Coach disagrees with Biggar’s view of Six Nations clash
- Taulupe Faletau to make first appearance since 2023
Warren Gatland has dismissed the notion Wales are facing their biggest game for two decades against Italy in Rome on Saturday.
The former Wales outside-half Dan Biggar described the Six Nations fixture match as Welsh rugby’s biggest game for the “last 15 to 20 years” after an opening 43-0 thrashing by France left Gatland’s side surveying a record-breaking 13th consecutive defeat. A 14th at the Stadio Olimpico would leave Wales with the very real prospect of a second winless Six Nations campaign and championship wooden spoon and put Gatland in almost an untenable position.
Continue reading...Ryan Day’s new contract with Ohio State makes him second-highest paid college football coach
Ryan Day and Ohio State have reached agreement on a seven-year contract that will make Day the second-highest paid coach in college football.