Mike Gundy has redone his deal to remain as Oklahoma State’s soccer coach.
According to multiple reports, Gundy and the varsity have agreed to a restructured deal following a winless season in Big 12 play. ESPN reported Friday that OSU and Gundy were in a “standoff” over a redone deal following a board of regents assembly that morning.
Oklahoma State went 3-9 in 2024. It was the worst season of Gundy’s 20-year tenure. After the board assembly on Friday, chair Jimmy Harrel mentioned “we’ve got a plan.” The board was in govt session for “info related to the employment of Oklahoma State University soccer workers.”
Per USA Today’s wage database, Gundy is the Seventeenth-highest paid coach in school soccer on an annual foundation with a complete compensation of over $7.7 million. His buyout is simply over $25.3 million as the previous Oklahoma State quarterback has been on a rolling five-year deal.
Oklahoma State not too long ago fired each its offensive and defensive coordinators after the dismal season. Oklahoma State’s offense was stricken by turnovers and the protection allowed practically seven yards a play and 36 factors per recreation.
The porous season got here only a yr after the Cowboys performed Texas for the Big 12 title and went 10-4. Oklahoma State opened the season as a favourite within the Big 12 however went 0-9 in Big 12 play. RB Ollie Gordon rushed for over 850 yards fewer in 2024 than he did in 2023, when he completed seventh within the Heisman voting.
Gundy additionally did not do himself any favors when he needed to apologize “to those that my feedback throughout Monday’s media name offended” for November feedback about fan criticism. As OSU was 0-6 within the Big 12, Gundy mentioned that “most individuals are weak” when issues aren’t going effectively and even went so far as to say “most often, the people who find themselves damaging and voicing their opinion are the identical ones that may’t pay their very own payments.”
Oklahoma State had gone to 18 straight bowl video games underneath Gundy in a streak that dated again to his second season. The three wins the varsity posted have been the fewest since a 3-8 season in 2000.
