Arkansas football coach Sam Pittman, who last season guided the Razorbacks to their first Top 25 finish since 2011, has agreed to a new contract through 2026.
The new agreement runs through December 2026, but it will be extended by a year if Arkansas wins seven or more games in any season out of the next five. A bowl victory against a Power 5 opponent or a Top 25 team would count toward the seven wins.
Pittman, 60, will earn an average of more than $6 million annually, including guaranteed retention bonuses in the new contract. He’s set to make $6 million this year, and his salary will increase by $100,000 each year over the remainder of the contract.
Pittman initially agreed to a five-year contract in 2020 that paid him $3 million annually plus incentives. After going 3-7 in his first season while playing an all-SEC schedule, Pittman won nine games in 2021. The team started 4-0, rising to No. 8 nationally in the AP Poll, and beat LSU, Texas A&M and then Penn State in the Outback Bowl to finish No. 21.
Arkansas had failed to win an SEC game in the two years before Pittman’s arrival and had not recorded nine victories in a season since Bobby Petrino won 11 games in 2011.
“There is no doubt Coach Pittman has proven to be the right man to lead our football team,” athletic director Hunter Yurachek said in a statement. “He has earned this opportunity with the success he and his staff have had on the field and on the recruiting trail. … I believe we’re just getting started.”
