ACC-leading SMU signs Lashlee to extension

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Elder WriterNov 22, 2024, 12:43 PM ET

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College football press reporter; signed up with ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University.SMU coach Rhett Lashlee has actually signed

an agreement extension with the school, as he has actually the team placed for a run at its 2nd straight conference title and its first-ever College Football Playoff appearance.Terms of Lashlee’s offer were not revealed, as SMU is an independent school. He also got a multiyear agreement extension in November 2023 “to keep him on the Hilltop for many years to come,”athletic director Rick Hart said at the time.Lashlee is 27-10 at SMU, which won the American Athletic Conference title in 2023, its first since 1984.

The program moved to the ACC this season and is the only group undefeated in league play, as its faces Virginia and Cal to close the regular season. SMU is No. 13 in the CFP standings with its only loss concerning No. 14 BYU in Week 2. “We changed leagues and altered levels,”Lashlee informed ESPN.Since the start of the 2023 season, SMU is connected for sixth nationally in win percentage at 20-4 overall (.833 ).

Lashlee, 41, acted as SMU’s offending planner under Sonny Dykes in 2018 and 2019, and likewise held organizer functions at Miami, UConn, Auburn and Arkansas State. He’s a former quarterback at Arkansas.