The University of Texas is set to give athletic director Chris Del Conte a big raise and extension. Texas one of the nation’s biggest, wealthiest and most powerful college athletic departments in the nation. Del Conte has won multiple Directors Cup Trophies while leading athletics at Texas.
Chris Del Conte is set to receive a six-year contract extension that runs through 2036, pending approval from the University of Texas System Board of Regents this week. Del Conte will receive a $300,000 more in guaranteed compensation for the 2026 fiscal year, bumping his salary up to $2.9 million. He will increase of $100,000 for each of the next three fiscal years. Del Conte will earn $4.25 million in the final year of his contract
The performance incentives will remain the same until his current deal ends. When the extension kicks in, Del Conte could earn up to $475,000 in non-guaranteed compensation during the 2031 fiscal year and up to $600,000 in the 2036 fiscal year.
57-year-old has been at Texas since December 2017, when he came over as athletic director after serving in the same role at then-Big 12 rival TCU.
Of the 12 head coaches Del Conte has hired, three have won national championships. The Longhorns have won 16 national championships since Del Conte’s arrival on the 40 Acres. Texas has also won four of the past five Director’s Cup, which is given annually to the top overall athletic department nationally in college sports.
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