Steve Sarkisian and the Texas Longhorns just keep destroying the competition on the recruiting trail. They just brought in the number one overall recruiting class for 2025. They already have their five star quarterback for 2026 and two other offensive pieces around him.

The Texas coach's new deal doesn't lift him above what Swinney or Smart earned in 2024. And Ohio State coach Ryan Day signed a new deal after the Buckeyes won the national championship last season that is set to pay him $12.5 million in 2025, which puts his deal above Sarkisian's on the list of the sport's most lucrative.

Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian was among the many shocked when Bill Belichick was hired as the coach of UNC's football team. Sarkisian initially thought the "rumblings" of Belichick going to UNC were him trying to leverage a job in the NFL,