UCF, George O’Leary Reach New Four-Year Deal

UCF Head Coach George O’Leary agreed to a four-year contract extension with UCF that will keep him in place as head coach until the end of the 2017-2018 season, according to multiple media reports.

O’Leary, who has coached the Knights for ten seasons, is expected to make over $2 million annually over the course of the deal, CBSSports.com is reporting. The contract extension would make him one of the highest paid coaches in the American Athletic Conference.

Cincinnati’s Tommy Tuberville is the highest paid coach in the American Athletic Conference, at over $3 million a year. SMU’s head coach June Jones was the second highest paid coach, making around $2 million annually before O’Leary’s contract extension.

O’Leary made a reported $1.5 million during the 2013-2014 season that ended with a BCS victory against Baylor.

O’Leary will look to continue the Knight’s winning ways entering the 2014 season with a big void to fill. Star quarterback and running back Blake Bortles and Storm Johnson were drafted to the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2014 NFL Draft.