Sources: Klieman, K-State settling brand-new contract

• Pete Thamel, ESPNMay 7, 2023, 08:58 PM ET

Kansas State and football coach Chris Klieman are in the process of completing a new agreement worth $44 million through the next 8 seasons, sources told ESPN.Klieman will make an average of $5.5 million annually over the course of the offer, which sources informed ESPN extends through the 2030 season. The deal, which goes into result July 1, is expected to be finished and revealed in the near future.The deal is available in

the wake of Kansas State’s Big 12 championship in 2022, the school’s very first since 2012. Kansas State ended up last season 10-4, topped No. 3 TCU in the Big 12 title game and eventually fell to No. 5 Alabama in the Sugar Bowl.Editor’s Picks 2 Related A source with understanding of the agreement told ESPN that the length of the offer

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typical pay are indications of the school’s desire to keep Klieman at Kansas State for the long term. Klieman’s deal through the 2030 season is four seasons longer than the existing offer, which ends after the 2026 season. The average pay raise for Klieman will come out to almost$1.5 million per year, as the deal being replaced averages nearly$4 million per year.Klieman’s new agreement will begin in the 2023 season at $4.5 million annually and intensify from there, ultimately balancing$5.5 million.

He’s anticipated to rank among the leading half of coaching incomes in the Big 12. The 2022 season continued the constant build of the Kansas State program for Klieman, who enters his fifth year in 2023 with a strong team. Kansas State returns a bulk of its beginners on offense, including all five offensive linemen, and nine total players anticipated to utilize their 6th year of eligibility. Kansas State must be forecasted to contend again for the Huge 12 title.Klieman is 30-20 through 4 seasons at Kansas State, the most wins through 4 seasons for any coach in school history. In every complete season since Klieman took control of, Kansas State has won at least 8 games

.(It went 4-6 during the 2020 season shortened by the pandemic. )Klieman reached Kansas State a performance history for winning huge; in his five seasons as the head coach at North Dakota State, he led the Bison to 4 FCS national titles and a 69-6 record. He’s connected with Jim Tressel( Youngstown State)for the most FCS nationwide titles by a coach. Klieman became part of seven national titles while on the coaching staff at NDSU.Kansas State opens the 2023 season with home games against Southeast Missouri and Troy prior to traveling to Missouri on Sept. 16.