{"id":440094,"date":"2023-11-15T17:44:22","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T17:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=440094"},"modified":"2023-11-15T17:44:22","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T17:44:22","slug":"texas-am-fired-coach-jimbo-fisher-to-receive-146-million-in-buyout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/texas-am-fired-coach-jimbo-fisher-to-receive-146-million-in-buyout\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas A&#038;M Fired Coach Jimbo Fisher, To Receive $146 Million In Buyout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jimbo Fisher was sacked as Texas A&amp;M&#8217;s head football coach on Sunday following yet another season of missing out on the College Football Playoff and performing far below expectations.<\/p>\n<h2>Texas A&amp;M Fired Coach Jimbo Fisher, To Receive $146 Million In Buyout<\/h2>\n<p>With their 51-10 triumph over Mississippi State on Saturday, the Aggies improved to 6-4 overall on the year and 4-3 against SEC opponents. Several rumours surfaced on Sunday stating that Fisher would be meeting with school administrators to inform him of their decision.<\/p>\n<p>Fisher&#8217;s contract is set to be bought out by the school for more than $76 million, about three times the biggest recorded coaching contract buyout at a public institution.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jimbo Fisher as he leaves College Station $77 million richer after committing the largest robbery in United States history<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JhcrSdSqlj\">pic.twitter.com\/JhcrSdSqlj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Steady Evil Dynasty &#8211; B2B (@EvilUGADynasty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EvilUGADynasty\/status\/1723776103926431925?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The foolish decision to give one of the top paid coaches in the nation a $1.5 million pay increase to $9 million year and a four-year contract extension through 2031 was made by Texas A&amp;M athletic director Ross Bjork. That was solely due to Fisher&#8217;s 10-1 performance throughout the 2020 COVID season.<\/p>\n<p>Per the provisions of the agreement, Texas A&amp;M will pay Fisher $7.2 a year through 2031 and will owe him $19.2 million within 60 days. These payments are not subject to offset or mitigation, and the yearly payments begin 120 days following termination.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jimbo Fisher makes $26,000 a day until 2031.<\/p>\n<p>Jimbo Fisher makes roughly $1,083\/hr. <\/p>\n<p>Assuming a good night&#39;s sleep&#8230;.Jimbo Fisher made $8,666 last night. <\/p>\n<p>God bless the absurdity of college football. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SECThisMorning?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SECThisMorning<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SIRIUSXM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SiriusXM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xopVAGxL2C\">pic.twitter.com\/xopVAGxL2C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Peter Burns (@PeterBurnsESPN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeterBurnsESPN\/status\/1724783577760694363?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After very careful analysis of all the components related to Texas A&amp;M football, I recommended to President [Mark] Welsh and then Chancellor [John] Sharp that a change in the leadership of the program was necessary in \u00a0order for Aggie football to reach our full potential and they accepted my decision,&#8221; Texas A&amp;M athletic director Ross Bjork said in a statement. &#8220;We appreciate Coach Fisher&#8217;s time here at Texas A&amp;M and we wish him the best in his future endeavors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After spending six seasons at Texas A&amp;M, Fisher finished 45\u201325. In 2021, he inked a new 10-year deal with a $95 million guarantee. Part of the reason for that transaction was Fisher&#8217;s potential at the time he left for LSU.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jimbo Fisher will be paid $26,301 PER DAY over the next 8 years to NOT coach at Texas A&amp;M!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IXGwhDDevb\">pic.twitter.com\/IXGwhDDevb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud83c\udf99\ufe0f\ud83d\udd0a\ud83c\udfb6 Russell Howard \ud83c\udfa4\ud83d\udcfb\ud83c\udfa7 (@RadioDjRoadDogg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RadioDjRoadDogg\/status\/1724564260355788818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to sources who spoke with ESPN on Sunday morning, Fisher was given the school&#8217;s decision in a meeting. Elijah Robinson, associate head coach, will take over as the Aggies&#8217; temporary head coach.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/DesignsGB26\/status\/1724553577358590118<\/p>\n<p>Just three years earlier, Fisher was already the best paid college football coach in the country. That&#8217;s when Scott Woodward, the athletic director at Texas A&amp;M at the time, hired him for a $75 million, ten-year contract. 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Texas A&amp;M Fired Coach Jimbo Fisher, To Receive $146 Million In Buyout With their 51-10 triumph over Mississippi State on Saturday, the Aggies improved to 6-4 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":440095,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[3549,18941,18942],"class_list":["post-440094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nccaf","tag-college-football-news","tag-jimbo-fisher","tag-jimbo-fisher-fired"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}