Gophers football coach P.J. Fleck is in line for a one-year contract extension — along with increased retention bonuses and smaller buyout figures — when the Board of Regents meets next Wednesday.
Fleck’s contract was amended last year to $6 million in combined base salary and supplemental compensation through the 2029 season. Now, Fleck’s deal will run through Dec. 31, 2030.
Fleck, who has a 58-39 overall record at Minnesota since 2017, has received nearly annual contract enhancements and extensions.
His new retention bonuses will start at $1 million this year; $1.2 million in 2026; $1.3 million in 2027; $1.4 million in 2028; $1.5 million in in 2029; and $1.6 million in 2030. Each year, those sums are split evenly and paid on Sept. 1 and Dec. 31.
In the terms from last year, Fleck was set to get retention bonuses starting at $700,000 in 2024 that would grow incrementally to $1.2 million in 2029.
If Fleck leaves before his contract expires, his buyout structure has been revised down from $7 million to $5.5 million in Year 1; $5 million to $4.5 million in Year 2; $4 million to $3 million in Year 3; $3 million to $2 million in Year 4; $2 million to $1 million in Year 5; and remains at $0 in Year 6.
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