Ryan Day silenced his critics by main Ohio State to a nationwide title this yr, and he now been rewarded for his success.
Ohio State introduced in an announcement on Thursday that they’ve agreed to a seven-year contract extension with Day. The brand new deal can pay Day $12.5 million per yr, which makes him the second-highest-paid coach in faculty soccer behind solely Georgia’s Kirby Good.
Day’s new contract has incentives which are just like these in his earlier deal, in keeping with ESPN’s Pete Thamel. The 45-year-old coach earned a $1 million bonus for profitable a nationwide championship this season.
Day has gone 70-10 over six seasons at Ohio State since taking on when City Meyer stepped down. He has led the Buckeyes to the Faculty Soccer Playoff 4 occasions.
The one massive knock on Day is that he’s simply 1-4 in opposition to rival Michigan. Some Buckeyes followers and even former gamers soured on Day after Ohio State misplaced to the Wolverines this yr. There was even some discuss that Day could possibly be fired if the Buckeyes have been eradicated within the first spherical of the Faculty Soccer Playoff.
Ohio State then went out and bulldozed the competitors throughout the first 12-team Faculty Soccer Playoff. The Buckeyes beat Tennessee, Oregon, Texas and Notre Dame by a mixed rating of 145-75.
Whereas Day would like to have a greater report in opposition to Michigan, nationwide championships are way more vital. His new long-term contract and wage replicate that.
