Huge 12 champ K-State inks Klieman through 2030

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN

• Senior Citizen WriterMay 15, 2023, 02:00 PM ET Close College football reporter.
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• Graduate of Northwestern University.After directing Kansas State to its first Huge

  12 champion in a years, coach Chris Klieman has consented to a new eight-year agreement through the 2030 season.Klieman, who is 30-20 general at the school, will earn a typical wage of$5.5 million throughout the brand-new term. After being employed in 2019, he signed a six-year agreement that started at$2.2 million and increased by$200,000 each year of the deal.Last season, Kansas State handed TCU its first loss of the season to win the Big 12 and recorded its first 10-win season given that 2012.

  The Wildcats finished No. 14 in the last AP poll.Editor’s Picks

  1 Associated “Chris has actually done an incredible task constructing a program in four years that not just has won a Huge 12 champion, but much more importantly, one that players have actually taken fantastic pride in and helped sustain a championship culture,” athletic director Gene Taylor stated in a prepared declaration. “He is a remarkable suitable for K-State and Manhattan, and we wish to continue to ride the momentum that he and his personnel have actually fostered. We are delighted that Chris will be the leader of our football program for many years to come.”

  Klieman, 55, pertained to Kansas State following five seasons as North Dakota State’s coach, where he won 4 FCS national championships. He has gone 5-3 versus AP top 10 groups while at Kansas State, including a team-record three last season. Kansas State had four players picked in last month’s NFL draft, including All-America choices in protective end Felix Anudike-Uzomah and running back Deuce Vaughn.

  “What we have been able to accomplish in our very first four years here is because of the culture that our players and personnel have actually had the ability to create,” Klieman stated in a statement. “I am excited to continue to lead this football program and put a product on the field each year that can contend at the highest level. We have what we require here at K-State to consistently win at a high level – administrative assistance, unbelievable centers and the best fans in the country – and my household and I are grateful to be a part of the Wildcat household.”