Missouri extends SEC Coach of Year Drinkwitz

• Adam Rittenberg, ESPN

  • Elder WriterDec 31, 2023, 02:56 PM ET Close College football press reporter.
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  • Graduate of Northwestern University.Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz, who

  won SEC Coach of the Year honors and guided the Tigers to 11 wins this season, has actually gotten a contract extension from the school through 2028. Drinkwitz completed his 4th season at the school Friday, when the ninth-ranked Tigers beat No. 7 Ohio State 14-3 in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, their very first New Year’s 6 bowl appearance in the CFP era. Missouri won 10 or more games for the first time since 2014. In November 2022, Missouri announced a small contract extension for Drinkwitz through the 2027 season. Drinkwitz is 28-21 at Missouri and 40-22 general as an FBS coach.Editor’s Picks 1 Related”You can’t do this alone, and our players, coaches and personnel have worked tirelessly and believed in the procedure

of constructing a champion program, “Drinkwitz said in a declaration.”The passion of our fan base, alumni and donors is amazing, and we are proud to represent them. We are very grateful for the resources they provide and the continued investment from our administration in Mizzou football. All of it has allowed us to get to where we are. Why stop now!”Robin Wenneker, who will chair Missouri’s board of curators in 2024, said in a statement that an agreement extension and income raise for

Drinkwitz had actually been decided before the opening of the transfer portal in early December. Regards to Drinkwitz’s brand-new agreement were not right away disclosed. His previous extension increased his salary to$6 million this season. “This contract puts Coach Drink where he belongs, in the upper tier of SEC head coach wages,”Wenneker said in a declaration. “To continue in champion style, keeping Coach Beverage and his personnel together was the top priority for the Board of Curators and its administration. “Missouri announced previously this month that coordinators Blake Baker(defense )and Kirby Moore(offense) had signed contract extensions.