Dan Mullen Extended Through 2018 Season
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Football Texture/iStockphoto(NEW YORK) — Mississippi State extended the contract of head football coach Dan Mullen through the 2018 season.
Mullen, who last season led the Bulldogs to their first 10-win season in school history and was named the 2014 Maxwell National Coach of the Year, will make an average of $4.275 million per year.
“It’s a privilege to represent our university, our program and our fans here at Mississippi State,” Mullen said. “I appreciate (athletic director) Scott Stricklin and our administration who have given us the tools and resources to be successful and develop Bulldog football into a national brand over the last six years.
“We spent five weeks ranked No. 1 last season for the first time, but we have only scratched this surface on what we can accomplish here. We have created a winning culture both on and off the field and built a program that has sustained success in the nation’s toughest conference. I’ve always said we are going to win a championship here, and I firmly believe that.”
Before Mullen arrived in Starkville in 2009, Mississippi State had losing records in seven of its previous eight seasons. Since then the program has had five winning seasons.
Mullen has a 46-31 record at Mississippi State and has won more bowl games (3) than any other coach in Bulldogs history.
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