Jimbo Fisher is jobless, but he is certainly not broke.
Texas A&M has fired coach Jimbo Fisher, ending his six-season tenure leading the Aggies, the university announced on Sunday.
“After very careful analysis of all the components related to Texas A&M football, I recommended to President [Mark] Welsh and then Chancellor [John] Sharp that a change in the leadership of the program was necessary in order for Aggie football to reach our full potential and they accepted my decision,” said athletic director Ross Bjork in a statement. “We appreciate Coach Fisher’s time here at Texas A&M and we wish him the best in his future endeavors.”
Fisher is leaving the program with a handsome payday. Fisher is owed north of $75 million in a buyout stemming from a blockbuster, fully guaranteed $95 million contract extension signed in 2021.
Fisher was lured away from Florida State, where he had won a national championship in 2013.
Instead of winning a title, Fisher went 45-25 and 27-21 in the Southeastern Conference, never winning more than nine games in any season. Fisher’s tenure with the Aggies peaked in 2020, when they went 9-1 and won the Orange Bowl, but the program has been in a downturn ever since.
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After winning Saturday, the Aggies are 6-4 with two games left, coming off a 51-10 victory against Mississippi State on Saturday night in College Station, Texas.
