Brent Brennan and Arizona football have agreed to a contract extension through the end of the 2030 season, the school announced on Friday afternoon. Brennan and the Wildcats improved by five wins with a 9-4 overall record last year.
Along with Brennan at head coach, the Wildcats will retain offensive coordinator Seth Doege and defensive coordinator Danny Gonzales as part of an increased to “the overall assistant coach salary pool,” according to the official release.
It’s safe to assume Brennan will be making a nice chunk of change, too, when those details inevitably emerge.
Brennan’s first season at Arizona, a 4-8 finish in the school’s first year as a member of the Big 12, included just one conference win losses in seven of the team’s final eight games of the 2024 season. Led by quarterback Noah Fifita, the Wildcats won nine games to reach the Holiday Bowl for its first bowl appearance since 2023.
The AP College Football Top 25 included Arizona at No. 22 and No. 21 during the final three weeks of the season, but left the Wildcats out of their final poll.
Ahead of the 2026 season, Brennan has the seventh-best recruiting class and 11th-best portal class in the league. More importantly, the Wildcat offense returns multiple key contributors in Fifita, running backs Kedrick Reescano, Quincy Craig and tight end Sam Olson among others to recreate last year’s success.
Arizona is betting on a 52-year-old Brennan to carry them through the end of the decade, and the former San Jose State head coach will have a largely familiar operation around him entering his third season in Tucson.
