Fresno State has locked up head coach Tim DeRuyter to a contract extension running through the 2018 season. The contract includes incentives for academic and competition goals as well as a bump in base salary. The contract includes a buyout clause as well.
“We are elated and encouraged with the tremendous success that Bulldog football has achieved under Tim’s leadership these past two years,” Fresno State athletics director Thomas Boeh said in a released statement. “The execution of these agreements illustrate Fresno State’s clear commitment to establishing stability within the program on behalf of our student-athletes and the Red Wave.”
According to the contract terms shared by Fresno State, DeRuyter will receive a base salary of $1.4 million in 2014 and a $500,000 increase each year through the 2018 season, resulting in a base salary of $1.6 million in 2018. The buyout clause would cost DeRuyter $2.8 million prior to the conclusion of the 2014 season and is cut in half next year. The buyout reduces to $1 million before the end of the 2016 season and $700,000 before the end of the 2017 season.
DeRuyter led Fresno State to a record of 20-6 in his first two seasons as head coach of the program. Last season Fresno State won its first outright Mountain West Conference championship and second straight conference championship after splitting the previous season with Boise State and San Diego State.