Fisher fired by Texas A&M, to get record buyout
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=”40″height =”40″/ > Pete Thamel, ESPNNov 12, 2023, 09:28 AM ET Texas A&M fired coach Jimbo Fisher on Sunday morning, a relocation that resets the paradigm for training buyouts and opens up among the nation’s most alluring jobs.The relocation is anticipated to cost the school more than$76 million to buy out Fisher’s deal, which is nearly triple the greatest recognized training agreement buyouts at a public school.According to the regards to the contract, Texas A&M will
owe Fisher $19.2 million within 60 days and after that pay him $7.2 yearly through 2031. There is no offset or mitigation on those payments, and the yearly payments start 120 days after termination.”After very careful analysis of all the parts connected to Texas A&M football, I advised
to President [Mark] Welsh and then Chancellor [John] Sharp that a change in the leadership of the program was needed in order for Aggie football to reach our full capacity and they accepted my decision, “Texas A&M athletic director Ross Bjork stated in a declaration.”We appreciate Coach Fisher’s time here at Texas A&M and we wish him the best in his future endeavors.”Fisher was 45-25 in six seasons at Texas A&M, and he signed a new 10-year agreement with $95 million guaranteed in 2021. That deal was offered, in part, since of the potential at the time of Fisher leaving for LSU.Editor’s Picks 2 Related Fisher was notified of the school’s decision in a conference Sunday early morning, sources informed ESPN. Associate head coach Elijah Robinson will work as the Aggies’interim coach, sources said.The move comes in the wake of
Texas A&M(6-4, 4-3 SEC )winning 51-10 versus Mississippi State on Saturday. However sources informed ESPN that Fisher’s fate was mostly chosen before that game.The steps toward eliminating Fisher started in a Texas A&M board of regents satisfying Thursday, sources said. An executive session consisted of a four-hour discussion, much of which was dedicated to Fisher’s future.The timing of shooting a coach so close to game day didn’t work, so the school pressed out the choice till early Sunday. The relocation today implies that Texas A&M will not have an opportunity to complete 8-4 under Fisher and inject optimism with a talented lineup and injured quarterback Conner Weigman returning.Sources have regularly pointed to the amount of skill at Texas A&M and on the lineup, as the Aggies have been one of the most aggressive schools in NIL.Since winning the Orange Bowl and ending up No. 4 in the Associated Press poll in 2020, Texas A&M has actually gone 19-15. The Aggies have not won the SEC West or played in the College Football Playoff during Fisher’s tenure.The upcoming
decision over whom to hire at Texas A&M marks a collision of a school with amongst the highest resources in college football that has consistently stopped working to maximize them at the sport’s greatest level.Oregon’s Dan Lanning and Washington’s Kalen DeBoer may be targets in the Aggies’search. “They’re going to go huge,” a source told ESPN.Following Fisher’s termination, Texas A&M players will have a 30-day window to go into the transfer website. Freshman pass receiver Raymond Cottrell, who has one reception this season, revealed on X that he would put his name into the portal. Jimbo Fisher signed a 10-year agreement worth $95 million guaranteed in 2021.
The school prepares to honor the staying $76 million
on his deal. Tim Warner/Getty Images Texas A&M last won a championship game in 1998, when it played in the Big 12. Fisher is the 4th successive Texas A&M head coach to fail to win a championship game, following Dennis Franchione, Mike Sherman and
Kevin Sumlin.Since getting in the SEC in 2012, Texas A&M has actually not won the West Division to play in the SEC title game. The school’s only 10-plus win season in the SEC came during 2012, although A&M went 9-1 throughout the pandemic-shortened 2020 season.Texas A&M has the nation’s ninth-ranked recruiting class, according to ESPN’s recruiting rankings. The Aggies have a roster that has generally been considered underachieving by coaches, as Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin described it as” like an NFL-level roster”earlier this season.But given that directly missing the College Football Playoff in 2020, Texas A&M has actually waded in mediocrity and underachievement, setting the Aggies up for the infamy of paying three times more for a coach not to coach than any other program in the history of the sport.A turning point for the Aggies came early last season when Appalachian State disturbed them 17-14 in College Station. That didn’t end up being a good Mountaineers team, as they completed 6-6 and 3-5 in the Sun Belt.Texas A&M hasn’t won a roadway game because winning at Missouri in October 2021, a streak that has extended to 9 games and characterizes the program’s failure to contend at the highest levels of the sport.” You can win everything with what’s here, “a source at Texas A&M said.” It’s all set up. There’s great kids and excellent players. This is a top-five job. They have all the resources and centers.”The disconnect and skill collection is one reason that the school pressed to push into such rare buyout territory. The previous highest known public school buyout was available in 2020 when Auburn fired Gus Malzahn, which cost$ 21.7 million.Considering the possible
staff buyouts and what will be required to tempt a new coach and personnel, the costs for coaching skill coming and going might top $100 million.ESPN’s Mark Schlabach and Tom VanHaaren contributed to this report.