Utah formally named defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley as the successor to longtime football coach Kyle Whittingham, the school announced on Monday.
formally named defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley as the successor to longtime football coach Kyle Whittingham, the school announced on Monday.
There's no definitive timeline set for Whittingham to step down. He turns 65 in November. He's entering his 20th season as head coach and is the all-time winningest coach in school history. Scalley is entering his ninth season as Utah's defensive coordinator, and the contract also includes a raise that will pay him $2 million in 2024, which puts him among the highest paid coordinators in the sport. He's slated to make $2.1 million in 2025 and $2.2 million in 2026 as the defensive coordinator, per the new contract, if Whittingham is still the head coach. He made $1.5 million in 2023.
The move by Utah does not come as a surprise, as viewed by the school's contractual moves. After having his pay cut to $525,000 in 2020, the school boosted back Scalley's salary to a reported $1.1 million in 2021 and then $1.4 million in 2022. The contract in 2022 included both a rollover and a significant buyout with no off-set clause -- $4.2 million - that would have made it expensive for Utah to bring in a coach from the outside.
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