The architect of North Carolina’s surprising success in 2015 has been rewarded for his work.
In a press release ahead of its ACC championship game against top-ranked Clemson, UNC announced that it has agreed in principle with head coach Larry Fedora on a new seven-year contract. The new deal would keep Fedora in Chapel Hill through the 2022 season.
The release also stated that an increase in his compensation package is also included, although no details on that front were made available. Fedora’s $1.9 million salary in 2015 was 11th of the 12 coaches in the USA Today database.
Formal approval by the university’s Board of Trustees is still needed, although that will be one of those rubber stamp-type deals.
“Coach Fedora has done an outstanding job of leading our football program and I am pleased that he has agreed to be our coach well into the next decade,” athletic director Bubba Cunningham said in a statement. “He has helped to lift Carolina football into the national discussion and put our program in a position to compete for championships on a consistent basis while also allowing our student-athletes to succeed in the classroom and have a positive impact in the community.”
In four seasons with the Tar Heels, Fedora has gone 32-18. UNC is 11-1 in 2015 and are one win away from the football program’s first conference title since 1980.