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TUSCALOOSA, AL (SNN-TV) – Nick Saban is once again the highest-paid football coach at a public university.

Alabama’s board of trustees approved a one-year extension and a raise for Saban during a meeting earlier today. The amended deal runs through February 2030 and will pay him an average of $11.7M per year.

The raise edges Saban’s annual compensation over that of Georgia coach Kirby Smart, who signed a new deal earlier this offseason that will pay him an average of $11.2M over 10 years.

Saban would be 78 years old at the end of his updated contract. The contract also includes a provision in which he and the university can annually revisit the “marketplace trends regarding head football coach compensation.”