Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops gained some extra security from the school Wednesday, as it was announced the leader of the Wildcat program has been extended for two additional years.

Stoops’ contract now runs through June 30, 2022. Stoops earned $3.5 million last season and is scheduled to make an extra $250,000 each year of his deal. If Stoops stays at Kentucky for the length of his contract, he’ll be paid $4.75 million the last year of this deal.

“The last four years have been a grind for Mark and his staff, but he has never wavered in his commitment to building Kentucky football into a consistent winner,” Kentucky athletic director Mitch Barnhart said in a prepared statement. “While the work isn’t close to finished, we believe Mark is the coach to take us there. We are thankful to Mark and Chantel for all they have done to this point and we look forward to our program’s bright future under his leadership.”

Stoops has been at Kentucky since the 2013 and has an overall record of 20-30. His SEC record is 9-24 after four seasons of play.

“I want to thank Dr. (Eli) Capilouto, Mitch Barnhart and the Board of Trustees for their continued support,” Stoops said in the statement. “When we came here, doing a rebuild in a challenging situation, I said that full support from everyone involved was imperative and we have always received that.  We needed great commitment, we’ve had great commitment and we’re continuing to get great commitment.”

According to his new deal, Stoops could see his contract extended by a year by achieving a 7-9 win season and extended by two years if Kentucky wins 10 games in a season:

In addition to the two-year extension, the amendment adds an automatic extension opportunity to the contract. If the football team wins at least seven games but no more than nine games in a season, the term of the agreement will extend one year. If the football team wins at least 10 games, the term of the agreement will extend two years. For each additional automatic extension year, the total guaranteed compensation will increase by $250,000 from the immediately preceding year.

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