Southern Methodist University is paying fairly the premium to make sure Rhett Lashlee stays off the college football teaching carousel.
Lashlee is finalizing a two-year extension with SMU that may make him one of many top-10 highest paid coaches within the nation, per Yahoo Sports activities’ Ross Dellenger.
SMU was not going to let a high-performing coach slip by their fingers once more. The Mustangs first employed Lashlee to be the crew’s head coach in 2021 after shedding Sonny Dykes to TCU.
The 42-year-old head coach has a 34-15 file within the midst of his fourth season at SMU. He led the Mustangs to back-to-back 11-3 seasons in 2023 and 2024. Final season, Lashlee’s squad completed twelfth within the AP ballot and made it to the primary spherical of the expanded School Soccer Playoff.
